The Board has determined that the veteran's right heel fracture does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating, as his symptoms do not equate to moderate foot injury.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right foot disability is currently rated non-compensably disabling due to lack of functional impairment and no evidence of any current condition equivalent to a stress fracture or other severe symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Right heel fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0519634
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