The Board found that the reduction in the veteran's disability rating for osteomyelitis was proper, and that the requirements for restoring his special monthly compensation rate were not met.
The deciding factor: The RO reduced the veteran's disability rating from 100% to noncompensable due to sustained improvement in the severity of his service-connected osteomyelitis following amputation above the knee. The reduction was proper as there was objective evidence demonstrating sustained, material improvement. However, the requirements for restoring special monthly compensation were not met.
- Claimed conditions
- osteomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0629326
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