The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm with right radial nerve palsy are currently rated at 30 percent, which is the maximum available rating. The evidence does not support an increase in this rating.
The deciding factor: The disability is manifested by sensory deficits, pain, and fatigability, reflective of moderate impairment, and these symptoms are already contemplated by the current 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8614 for neuritis of the radial nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the right arm, right radial nerve palsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0620218
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's emergency medical treatment provided by St. Francis Hospital on September 7, 2005 was for a condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous to life or health and that VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's request for a video conference hearing was not considered, and the case is being remanded to afford him this due process.
- Granted
The June 1947 rating decision incorrectly did not assign a compensable evaluation for the service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm, which was found to be a through-and-through wound. The RO's error is considered clear and unmistakable.
- Denied
The Board denied all claims for increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected disabilities involving shell fragment wounds. The RO continued to deny the claims for higher ratings for residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm, shell fragment wound residual scars of the lower left neck and chest, and shell fragment wound residual scar of the right axilla.
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