The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for residuals of shell fragment wounds to his left shoulder and arm, finding that there is no evidence of any current functional impairment or limitation of motion attributable to these service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current limitations of motion or other functional impairments related to the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shell fragment wound of the left shoulder, residuals of shell fragment wound of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0613664
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