The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions do not warrant a compensable or higher disability evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support findings of chronic laryngitis, moderate/severe foot injury, or severe muscle disability as required for increased ratings under applicable VA rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsillitis, forehead scar, residuals of a GSW to the left foot, with fracture to the second metatarsal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0004552
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