The Board found that the severance of service connection for left below the knee amputation and discontinuance of entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a foot were improper.
The deciding factor: The January 2003 VA examiner considered both the July 1980 tibia fracture and the shrapnel injuries sustained in service, concluding that the osteomyelitis resulting in the below-the-knee amputation was due to the 1980 injury rather than any possible shrapnel wounds from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left below the knee amputation, Loss of use of a foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1043260
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