The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for various GSW residuals and assigned an initial disability rating of 50 percent for the MG II, III, IV GSW residuals.
The deciding factor: The claim was initially filed in August 1969, and the date of the submission of new service treatment records is September 1970. The effective dates are set based on these submissions.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Groups II, III, IV, Anterior right shoulder scar, Scar on the medial aspect of the right scapula, Neuropathy of the right upper extremity, Right sixth rib fracture, Pleural cavity injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1323294
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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