The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including the bayonet wound to the pleural cavity and injury to Muscle Group XXI with old healed fracture deformity of the 8th rib, are rated at 30 percent. The court has granted an increased evaluation for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6843 (now 4.97, Diagnostic Code 6818).
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of bayonet wound with injury to the pleural cavity, Injury to Muscle Group XXI with old healed fracture deformity of the 8th rib
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0600937
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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