The Board granted service connection for a nerve disorder of the right lower extremity, specifically laceration and neuropathy involving the sural nerve. The veteran's disability is currently rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had a painful scar from an injury sustained in service which has led to current symptoms including pain, paresthesia, dysesthesia, and hyperpathia in the sural nerve distribution of the right foot. The condition was found to be aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration, dorsolateral aspect, 5th metatarsal, right foot, right sural nerve neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0528259
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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
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