The Veteran's service-connected left ulnar nerve disability is rated at 60 percent, and the right chest disability remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The schedular criteria for a 60 percent evaluation for residuals of an injury to the left ulnar nerve (major) due to a gunshot wound are met. The schedular criteria for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right chest, involving MG II, are not met.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of an injury to the left ulnar nerve, as a residual of a gunshot wound, Residuals of a through and through gunshot wound to the right chest, with Muscle Group (MG) II involvement.
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909159
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.
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