The veteran's right thigh scar and muscle injury are currently rated at 10 percent, with no separate rating for the muscle injury. The Board found that the current ratings were appropriate.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence did not show limitation of motion or other impairment warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shrapnel fragment wound of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0602138
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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