The Board has granted service connection for exertional compartment syndrome of the right and left lower extremities, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his in-service surgeries.

The Board found that the Veteran is entitled to 100% educational assistance benefits due to his service-connected disabilities and that the overpayment of VA educational assistance benefits was improperly created, thus dismissing the appeal.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral posterior compartment syndrome and exertional compartment syndrome was denied as his initial claim had been denied in 1978, which became final. The Veteran did not appeal or submit new evidence within one year of that decision. He filed a new claim on January 7, 2008, after the claims were abandoned due to lack of response from him. Service connection was granted for these conditions effective January 7, 2008.

The Board has determined that the veteran's exertional compartment syndrome of the anterior and lateral muscular compartments involving the lower extremities was incurred during active duty, warranting service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.