The Board has granted a 20 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected right foot disability, which is currently rated at 10 percent. The condition more nearly approximates moderately severe impairment rather than moderate impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record related to residuals of a right foot gunshot wound demonstrated a moderately severe level of disability, warranting a higher rating of 20 percent under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the right foot, healed linear fractures of the cuneiform and cuboid bones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0204737
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for ratings in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected gunshot wounds to the right foot and leg, finding that the combined rating for these disabilities cannot exceed 40 percent due to the amputation rule.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting examinations. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected gunshot wounds of the right foot and leg, finding that the combined disability rating for these conditions cannot exceed 40 percent due to the amputation rule.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia is service-connected and granted his claim. The gunshot wound of the right foot was not service-connected, but the reopening of this claim was granted due to new evidence.
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