The Board granted an increased rating to 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected left leg disabilities, including neuropathy and fracture residuals. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's disability had progressed in severity, limiting his ability to walk and work.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg fracture, Neuropathy of the tibial and peroneal nerves
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0619578
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Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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