The Veteran's service-connected shrapnel wound of the left thigh, with status post surgical removal of fragments and scarring, is evaluated as a moderate muscle disability. The Board finds that the current 10 percent evaluation adequately reflects the severity of his condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of more than a moderate disability of Muscle Group XIV, which would warrant an increased rating.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound of the left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0946862
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