The veteran's appeal is denied as his service-connected conditions do not warrant a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The current evaluations for the veteran's service-connected conditions are already at their maximum schedular ratings and there is no evidence of exceptional or unusual factors that would warrant an extraschedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Cystic acne of the face, neck, and scalp, Residuals of fracture of the left wrist, Hammer toes, status post arthroplasty and tenotomy of fifth metatarsal, right foot, Hammer toes, left foot, Bilateral pes planus with arthralgia, Residuals of fracture of the right fifth finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0115816
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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