The Board has granted a one month temporary total disability evaluation for convalescence following right and left bunionectomies in January and March 2000.
The deciding factor: The post-operative residuals included incompletely healed wounds, limited weight bearing, and the need for splints. These conditions met the criteria for a one-month temporary total evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30.
- Claimed conditions
- Right bunionectomy, Left bunionectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0616181
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- Denied
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