The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected left lower extremity disability, which was rated as 30 percent disabling under Diagnostic Codes 5257 & 5311-5312, has been denied.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residual soft tissue scarring resulting from multiple shrapnel fragment wounds has been granted and is currently rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the assignment of a higher rating as there is no significant muscle impairment or injury associated with the left lower extremity disability, which was already assigned the highest possible rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.,There is no significant muscle injury associated with the left lower extremity disability. The Veteran's muscular condition has no significant effect on his occupational functioning or activities of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the left knee, multiple shrapnel fragment wounds
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0930756
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