The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right great toe, effective from June 8, 1998. The claimant also received secondary service connection for hallux vagus of the right foot.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated moderate disability in the right great toe with no functional limitations, warranting a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right great toe
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0020591
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