The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the right calf are manifested by fatigue and weakness, but do not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical findings on examination did not establish that the residuals were more than moderately severe.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the right calf
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0921793
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board found that the veteran's right calf muscle injury, resulting from a gunshot wound sustained during service, warrants a non-compensable (10%) rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the December 1970 rating decision that granted service connection for the veteran's gunshot wound to the right calf and assigned a single 30 percent disability evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his gunshot wound residuals to the right calf and thigh have been denied as there is no evidence supporting an increase in disability ratings.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an increased evaluation of his service-connected gunshot wound to the right calf, finding that the evidence did not warrant a change in the disability rating.
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