The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the scrotum, with loss of the left testicle and atrophy of the right testicle. The other issues on appeal remain unresolved.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports an increased rating under Diagnostic Code 7524 for removal of both testicles due to service-connected causes.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound of the scrotum, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the right hip, scar of the right anterior thigh at a skin graft donor site, residuals of a gunshot wound of the right lower leg involving Muscle Group XI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0800269
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right lower leg involving Muscle Group XI are rated at 30 percent prior to September 26, 2008.,A compensable evaluation (10%) is granted for the scar of the skin graft donor site on the right thigh. The Veteran's service-connected scars from a shell fragment wound of the right hip have not been assigned any compensation since September 29, 2008.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the rating decisions of March 18, 1970, and October 21, 1970, that denied a compensable disability evaluation for residuals of a gunshot wound of the scrotum.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private medical records, scheduling VA examinations, and readjudicating the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development and notification under the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1994.
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