The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a left lower leg disability, which was previously denied as a left heel disability. The Board also granted service connection for a left lower leg scar resulting from cellulitis of the left lower leg treated in service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received showing that the veteran has a current residual of his in-service injury, in the form of a healed soft tissue infection scar.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower leg scar, cellulitis of the left lower leg
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0608958
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to provide the Veteran with notice of her right to a hearing before the AOJ.
- Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for trunk and right underarm scars, and left lower leg scar is granted with an effective date of March 31, 2020. Other claims, including those for head, face, or neck scars, and higher ratings for various conditions, are denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a maximum rating of 30 percent for the status-post fasciotomy due to compartment syndrome of the left lower extremity, MG XI, from March 22, 2010. The other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee condition, a left lower leg scar, and left leg neuropathy as there was no evidence of a current disability or a relationship between any diagnosed conditions and his military service.
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