The veteran's left lower extremity disabilities, including osteomyelitis and amputation with a scar, are rated at 40 percent combined under the amputation rule. The VA examiner found that the osteomyelitis does not result in weight loss, anemia, liver problems, fever or other secondary constitutional symptoms.
The deciding factor: The veteran's osteomyelitis has been inactive for over five years without evidence of active infection, warranting a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5000.
- Claimed conditions
- osteomyelitis of the foot, amputation of the left forefoot, scar of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0609929
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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