The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right foot disorder, left foot disorder, and lumbosacral strain. The medical evidence did not support evaluations in excess of 20 percent.

The deciding factor: VA examiners found that the veteran's symptoms resulted in no more than moderate functional impairment in both feet and a mild to moderate impairment in his lumbar spine, which do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent under applicable diagnostic codes.

Claimed conditions

Reiter's syndrome, Right foot tenotomies and excision of an osteoma of the great toe, with deformity of the third, fourth, and fifth toes, and with an enthesophyte formation of the right calcaneus (right foot disorder), Fracture of the second metatarsal, left foot, with a hammertoe deformity of the fourth digit and deformities of the third, fourth, and fifth toes, and with an enthesophyte formation of the left calcaneus (left foot disorder), Lumbosacral strain, with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 5, 2001

Citation

0126993

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