The Veteran is entitled to a higher level of SMC compensation at a rate authorized pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(m), plus an intermediate level authorized under 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(f)(3).
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrates that the service-connected left leg disabilities approximate loss of use of the left leg with complications preventing natural knee action with prosthetics in place.
- Claimed conditions
- Amputation of the upper third right thigh, Degenerative changes in left wrist and right wrist, Degenerative arthritis, left knee, Degenerative spurring of the calcaneous, left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0907867
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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