The Board granted the veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of his right foot due to service-connected low back disability. The TDIU claim is pending as further evaluation is needed to determine if the veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable without considering non-service connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board granted special monthly compensation for loss of use of the right foot because it found reasonable doubt that no effective function remains in the right foot other than what would be equally well served by an amputation stump below the knee with a suitable prosthetic appliance, given his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Herniated disc, lumbar spine, Herniated disc, cervical spine, Muscular strain, peroneus left
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0107265
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What this means for you
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