The Veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the left calf are rated at 20 percent effective March 10, 2010. The Board also remanded several issues related to shell fragment wounds for further development.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's service in Vietnam and his reported symptoms from previous injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the left calf, multiple scars of the posterior chest, left shoulder, and back of neck, scar of the scalp, symptomatic scars of the right chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160333
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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