The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right ankle disability warrants a 20 percent evaluation, but also grants a separate 10 percent evaluation for his surgical scar on the medial aspect of the right ankle.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of marked limited motion and pain in the right ankle, warranting a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5271. Additionally, the veteran's tender surgical scar is also compensable as per Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic early degenerative changes in the ankle joint, marked limitation of ankle motion, chronic right ankle pain, markedly diminished ability to perform activities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0533778
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