The Board has decided the service connection claim for fracture of the left 4th metacarpal, granting a 10% rating. The TDIU claim is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision on service connection is based on the merits of the claim, while the TDIU claim requires additional evidence as it may be related to other disabilities not yet considered in this appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left 4th metacarpal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23064896
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for compensation due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis, effective July 15, 2011.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for a fracture of the left 4th metacarpal and TDIU have been remanded due to additional evidence being added to the record after the last decision. The Board will issue a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).
- Denied
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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