The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the left fifth toe warrant an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent, but finds no evidence to support such a rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show more severe symptomatology warranting a higher evaluation under any applicable diagnostic criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Fracture of the left fifth toe, Plantar fascitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0313657
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for depressive disorder with anxiety and service connection for insomnia, while denying service connection for OSA and plantar fascitis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for their right foot disability as of May 28, 2024, but the claim for an increased rating prior to that date was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for increased rating of his service-connected fracture of the left fifth toe prior to October 6, 2012 was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show symptoms consistent with a disability warranting an evaluation in excess of 20 percent on this date. For the period beginning October 6, 2012, the Veteran received a 20 percent rating and the Board found no basis to grant a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the service-connected left fifth toe fracture residuals, effective from when the claim was filed.
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