The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected thoracic spine muscle injury, lumbar spine nerve injury, and right shoulder muscle injury were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation under applicable rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not demonstrate severe symptoms or impairment that would warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for any of the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound, dorsal (thoracic spine muscle injury), nerve injury, L2 and L3 lumbar sacral plexus (lumbar spine nerve injury), gunshot wound, muscle group II (right shoulder muscle injury)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631432
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