The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a shrapnel wound of the left arm are rated at 10 percent, and his scar from that injury is not compensable. The Board denied these claims as there was no evidence to support higher ratings based on the current state of the disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not show any additional impairment warranting a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1201007
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