The Veteran's service-connected residuals of the right thigh and hip due to a GSW have been granted an extraschedular evaluation, but not for his TDIU claim. The Board found that the available schedular evaluations were adequate to describe his level of disability and symptomatology during the periods under consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected residuals did not present such an exceptional or unusual disability picture that the available applicable schedular evaluation criteria were inadequate to describe his level of disability and symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle damage, orthopedic impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1229071
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of muscle damage, and thus the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection.
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