The Board found no evidence of a gunshot wound to the right leg during service and concluded that any current degenerative joint disease is not related to service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current diagnosis with a possible gunshot wound in service, and his claim for service connection must be denied.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0621441
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0621441.
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded multiple issues including service connection claims, rating determinations for hearing loss and tinnitus, and the reopening of previously denied claims. The appeals are pending and will be addressed in a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or contributed substantially to his death. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death has been granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the residuals of a gunshot wound to the right leg, effective from September 4, 2008. The Veteran's service-connected scar is currently rated as superficial and painful on examination.
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