The Board found that the veteran's service-connected residuals of an abscess of the left foot, including pain and swelling as well as plantar fasciitis, do not warrant a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent under Diagnostic Codes 7804 or 5284.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the service-connected residuals resulted in additional functional impairment beyond what was already accounted for by the existing 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Abscess of the Left Foot, Plantar Fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0209678
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