The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the shrapnel fragment wound of the right thigh and a separate 10 percent rating for an entry wound scar, but denied a total schedular rating for the noncorrectable traumatic cataract of the right eye.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of the muscle injury and the presence of a painful entry wound scar, but did not warrant a higher rating or a total schedular rating due to the current disability status of the cataract.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Residuals of a shrapnel fragment wound of the right thigh, Noncorrectable traumatic cataract of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0907097
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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