The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations or service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for phlebitis, 30 percent for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right scapula, and 20 percent for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left femur.
- Claimed conditions
- Phlebitis of the left leg, Residuals of a gunshot wound to the right scapula, Residuals of a gunshot wound to the left femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0915579
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The RO granted entitlement to Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU) for the service-connected phlebitis of the left leg effective from March 17, 1999. The decision was based on evidence showing an increase in disability severity.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's phlebitis of the left leg has been rated at 10 percent prior to February 25, 2003 and at 40 percent since then. The Board found that a higher rating is not warranted for either period.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected phlebitis of the right leg and left leg, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the old or revised Diagnostic Code 7121.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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