The Veteran's claim for a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities has been rendered moot due to the assignment of a rating of at least 10 percent for his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Assignment of a compensable rating for all but one of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities during the appeal period made the issue of entitlement to a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Scars of the right leg, Scars of the right back, Metallic foreign body in the left hand, residuals of shell fragment wounds
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1339069
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's multiple service-connected physical disabilities render him unable to secure and maintain employment, thus meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by or materially contributed to by his service-connected disabilities, and denied both the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and the claim for death pension benefits due to insufficient income.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's scars of the right leg do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, as they are well healed and non-tender with no associated functional loss.
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