The Board has restored the previously assigned 10% ratings for sensory deficit of each lower extremity, effective September 9, 2010. The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is remanded to issue a Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work, warranting restoration of the ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Sensory deficit of right lower extremity, Sensory deficit of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1709716
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's sensory deficit of his left lower extremity does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating higher than 20 percent, and his hypoesthesia of the left side of the face does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating higher than 10 percent.
- Denied
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- Denied
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