The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a stress fracture of the left femur are currently evaluated at 10 percent, and the Board finds that this rating adequately reflects her current functional impairment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support an increase in the disability rating beyond 10 percent as there is no objective evidence of pain after repetitive motion or additional limitation of motion after three repetitions of range of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture of the left femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1002856
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the current severity of her left femur disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge (VLJ) at the RO. The current rating decisions remain unchanged, and service connection remains denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and evidence.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's left femur stress fracture residuals do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
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