The Board has granted service connection for additional disabilities and assigned a schedular 100 percent permanent disability rating effective October 13, 2004.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were reopened on new evidence, leading to the assignment of a schedular 100 percent permanent disability rating effective October 13, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, left forearm, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, arm in the left lateral and medial cutaneous nerve, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, left radial sensory, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, left ulna sensory distribution of the left forearm, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, right lateral cutaneous nerve of the right thigh, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, right posterior cutaneous of the right thigh and leg, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, sensory branch of the peroneal nerve on the right leg, cicatrices left forearm, volar surface distal third; dorsal surface distal third; left arm and hand; left knee, residuals of a compound comminuted fracture of the left fibula, paralysis common peroneal nerve, right, residuals of a compound comminuted fracture, right femur, neuropathy, ulnar nerve, left, sialadenitis, left parotid
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0720971
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