The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues related to his service-connected shell fragment wounds of the left lower leg and foot. The Board has remanded for further development, including consideration of scars under prior and subsequent rating criteria, as well as issuance of a statement of the case on higher disability evaluations for left and right thigh shell fragment wounds.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves multiple issues related to service-connected shell fragment wounds, requiring review of different time periods and evaluation criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds, left lower leg, shell fragment wounds of the left foot, shell fragment wounds of the left lower leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1229713
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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