The Board has granted a disability rating of 20 percent for the veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left foot, effective from the date of the decision. The rating for the left thumb remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of unfavorable ankylosis or actual loss of use of the left thumb that would warrant consideration of amputation or interference with overall function of the hand.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the left thumb, shell fragment wound to the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0712323
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