The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound of the right thigh warrants a maximum schedular rating of 40 percent, as there is no basis for a higher rating under VA's Schedule for Rating Disabilities. The varicose veins of the right leg are rated at their maximum allowable level.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound of the right thigh has been rated at its highest possible level (40 percent) due to the severity of his muscle disability, which is currently rated as severe.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0604041
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right thigh are not rated higher than 10 percent prior to May 16, 2014.
- Granted
The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound (SFW) of the right thigh, Muscle Group XIII. The issue of separate compensable ratings for scars of the right thigh and right calf prior to January 6, 2015 remains on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran's case was transferred and is now under the jurisdiction of the Wilmington, Delaware RO.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of his shell fragment wound of the right thigh and metallic foreign body of the right tarsal have been dismissed due to withdrawal requests at a July 2014 hearing.
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