The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities are such as to satisfy the criteria for an award of special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the left foot. The veteran is also entitled to a total rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability on an extra-schedular basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his left ankle injury and osteomyelitis of the left leg, are such as to satisfy the criteria for loss of use of the left foot under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle injury, osteomyelitis of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0602172
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar degenerative joint disease and left ankle injury are rated at 10% and 20%, respectively, prior to September 18, 2019. After that date, the rating for back condition is increased to 20%. Service connection for hypertension was granted as secondary to service-connected conditions.
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