The veteran's service-connected left ankle disorder is currently rated at the highest possible rating (20 percent) under Code 5271 for limitation of motion of the ankle. The Board denied a higher rating as there was no indication that pain caused the level of functional impairment to rise to the equivalency of ankylosis.
The deciding factor: The disability picture due to the veteran's left ankle disorder is not so unusual or exceptional, with such related factors as frequent hospitalization or marked interference with employment, as to render impractical application of the regular schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413826
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