The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's shell fragment wound to the left leg, with multiple scars and damage to muscle group XI. The chest/pleural cavity residuals are not service-connected due to lack of evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's shell fragment wounds to the left leg resulted in severe muscle disability warranting a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5311, which is the maximum schedular rating for this condition. The chest/pleural cavity residuals were not service-connected due to lack of evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the left leg, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the chest/pleural cavity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0716105
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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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