The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The RO found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating in any of his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the need for higher disability evaluations based on current symptoms or functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of multiple fractures of the left foot, burr holes with loss of part of the skull, residuals of fractures of the left fourth and fifth ribs, residuals of a fractured nose, tracheostomy scar, left knee and leg scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0639688
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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