The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected shell fragment wound to the left shoulder, currently rated at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound had worsened enough to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0609195
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