The veteran's service-connected trench foot of both feet is currently rated at 10 percent each. The Board has granted increased ratings to 20 percent for each foot, finding that the symptoms meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7122.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's trench foot in both feet was manifested by cold sensitivity, arthralgia, numbness, and locally impaired sensation, which warranted a 20 percent rating under DC 7122.
- Claimed conditions
- trench foot of the right foot, trench foot of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0605359
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.
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