The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected status post gunshot wound to the right calf and neurological impairment of the right lower extremity warrant a 10 percent evaluation each, with no higher evaluations granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows sensory deficits in both conditions without any indication of muscle injury or nerve damage requiring higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- status post gunshot wound to the right calf, neurological impairment of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0702305
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