The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for plantar warts of the left and right feet were denied as there is no evidence of more than moderate impairment, which does not warrant a higher evaluation under the applicable rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any objective evidence of more than moderate foot impairment on either side, thus the disability picture for each of the disabilities at issue did not more nearly approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar Warts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0031587
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's plantar warts disability, affecting the soles of both feet, has resulted in chronic pain that is commensurate with a 20 percent disability rating under DC 7804. The criteria for a higher rating have been met.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, IHD, plantar warts, lumbar and cervical spine DJD, hip and shoulder DJD, preclude him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's plantar warts are manifested by symptoms that are analogous to superficial and painful scarring. A 10 percent rating is assigned for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected plantar warts and tender plantar callosities of both feet are currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that these disabilities do not warrant a higher rating as they are characterized as moderately severe.
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