The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right lower leg involving Muscle Group XI are rated at 30 percent prior to September 26, 2008.,A compensable evaluation (10%) is granted for the scar of the skin graft donor site on the right thigh. The Veteran's service-connected scars from a shell fragment wound of the right hip have not been assigned any compensation since September 29, 2008.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has severe impairment in Muscle Group XI due to his gunshot wound injury, warranting a 30 percent evaluation. The scars from the shell fragment wounds are rated as noncompensable.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound of the right lower leg involving Muscle Group XI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0931918
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