The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the service-connected left fifth toe fracture residuals, effective from when the claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed limited motion and functional loss due to pain in the left fifth toe, which more nearly approximated a noncompensable limitation of motion involving a group of minor joints under Diagnostic Codes 5017-5002.
- Claimed conditions
- Fracture of the left fifth toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0516000
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- Denied
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