The veteran's service-connected residuals of an injury to the left great toe are rated at 10 percent, and he is granted service connection for a scar of the back as secondary to his active duty for training.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the scar of the back due to its etiology being related to service. The veteran's residuals of an injury to the left great toe are rated at 10 percent based on the presence of pain and tenderness in the affected area.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"residuals of an injury of the left great toe"}, {"condition_name":"scar of the back"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609735
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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