The veteran's claims for increased evaluations and effective dates have been granted, with the highest possible schedular ratings assigned.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Back injury and residuals of laminectomies, Cicatrices of the right wrist, fractured heel, right first metacarpal, residuals of a gunshot wound, Muscle Group VII, Gunshot wound of Muscle Group XVI with retained foreign body of the left pelvis, to include scar of the left groin and bilateral peroneal neuropathy, Gunshot wound of Muscle Group XI of the right calf
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0633508
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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