The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for the residuals of an injury to Muscle Group XVII as a result of a gunshot wound to the buttocks was denied by the Board, with no current muscle or functional disability found.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of any current muscle or functional disability in the Veteran's buttock muscles resulting from his service-connected gunshot wound.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Group XVII
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1103267
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a shell fragment wound to Muscle Group XVII was granted with an effective date of June 24, 1977. The Veteran had previously filed his original claim on that same day.
- Granted
The veteran's hypothetical entitlement to a total disability rating for the requisite period of time due to service-connected disabilities has been established, allowing for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the left hip and buttock do not warrant an increased rating beyond the current 20 percent, as his symptoms are indicative of moderate injury. A separate additional 10 percent rating is granted for mild incomplete paralysis of the left sciatic nerve.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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