The VA has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's plantar warts and calluses of both feet, effective from November 1999.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the condition warranted a 50 percent disability rating based on the current manifestations of pain and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- plantar warts of both feet, calluses of both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0514400
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for a higher disability rating for calluses of both feet is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and further development. The Veteran's representative suggested extra-schedular consideration, which needs to be reviewed by VA's Director of Compensation Service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate development and compliance with previous remands. The issues include knee, shoulder, elbow, neck, and foot disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for calluses of both feet is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and development. The issue will be reconsidered after obtaining private podiatric treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for calluses of both feet and bilateral plantar warts due to new evidence received since March 2003. The Veteran's current conditions are unclearly related to his in-service conditions.
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