The Board denied service connection for a right below the knee amputation and muscle graft, latissimus dorsis, left back as these conditions are not attributable to service or secondary to service-connected scar, gunshot wound to the right lower leg with retained foreign body.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right below the knee amputation and muscle graft, latissimus dorsis, left back did not occur during service and are not attributable to service-connected scar, gunshot wound to the right lower leg with retained foreign body.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle graft, latissimus dorsis, left back, Right below the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0625300
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right leg below the knee amputation was granted a rating of 60 percent, effective from November 1, 2012. The Veteran's entitlement to SMC based on aid and attendance or housebound status was denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an increased level of SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including renal insufficiency with nephrotic syndrome, left eye blindness, right below the knee amputation, anatomical loss of left foot status post above-the-knee amputation and loss of use of right hand, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, left upper extremity polyneuropathy (non-dominant), hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and diabetic retinopathy.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a right leg amputation and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, affect his ability to move without assistance. As such, he meets the criteria for a special home adaptation grant.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's right below the knee amputation was not attributable to VA's failure to diagnose and/or treat peripheral vascular disease (PVD) or Buerger's disease at an earlier date, and was a reasonably foreseeable event.
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