The veteran's service-connected residuals of shell fragment wounds to the right buttock and gunshot wounds to the left lumbar region are evaluated at 20 percent. The veteran is not entitled to a higher evaluation for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected residuals meet the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5317 (gunshot wound of the buttock) and Diagnostic Codes 5293-5294 (lumbosacral strain and sciatica, respectively).
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds, gunshot wound
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0710088
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