The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his gunshot wound to the left leg, bilateral pes planus prior to April 19, 2002, and bilateral pes planus from April 19, 2002. The decision also found no clear and unmistakable error in the January 1947 rating action that assigned a 10 percent evaluation for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left leg and reduced the evaluation for trench foot to noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not undebatably establish severe muscle disability warranting a higher than 10 percent evaluation for the gunshot wound, nor were there findings of trench foot at the time of the January 1947 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound to left leg, bilateral pes planus, trench foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1006651
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What this means for you
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