The Board has granted the veteran's increased rating claims for his service-connected conditions but denied reopening of his PTSD and schizophrenia claims due to lack of signed VA Form 9 submissions.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not sign the VA Form 9 submitted in response to the denial of his new and material evidence claims, which prevented those claims from being perfected. The RO never followed up on this submission and provided contradictory instructions regarding the form's completion.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the right leg, shell fragment wounds to the right thigh, gunshot wound to the left shoulder, shell fragment wounds of the left leg and ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0740665
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for cause of death, finding that the Veteran's death was due to natural causes and not related to his service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected gunshot wound to the left shoulder was denied as his disability did not warrant a higher evaluation.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the rating decisions that awarded initial ratings for gunshot wounds to the right leg and left elbow, resulting in a final decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a gunshot wound to the right leg and did not reopen the claim for spinal defect, kyphosis (claimed as scoliosis, back problems).
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