The veteran's claim for increased ratings and service connection has been granted. The highest rating of 30% is assigned for the psychiatric disorder, and ratings up to 20% are assigned for various muscle injuries in the neck, shoulder, and scalp.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the current diagnoses and ratings based on the severity of the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Painful scar of the left posterior arm as a residual of shrapnel wound, Painful supraclavicular scar, Psychiatric Disorder, Severe residuals of shell fragment wounds of the left neck, MG XXII, with degenerative changes of the cervical spine, Severe residuals of shrapnel wound of the left shoulder and scapular area, MG IV
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0611847
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and female sexual dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are at least as likely as not related to her military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the onset and relationship of his psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and sleep apnea to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding whether a separate psychiatric disorder is superimposed on the Veteran's personality disorder. The case will be reviewed with a new examination to determine if there are any other service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current conditions and his military service.
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