The Board has granted a 80 percent rating for the Veteran's left lower extremity disability, effective December 8, 2009. The condition is rated as an amputation of the upper third of the thigh under Diagnostic Code 5161.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left leg disability was manifested by symptoms at the hip level and below without disarticulation of the hip, with loss of extrinsic pelvic girdle muscles, warranting a rating in excess of 60 percent as per the 'Amputation Rule'.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of left lower extremity, Wasting of the left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1121644
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