The VA has determined that the veteran's RSD of the right lower extremity does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent since December 25, 1992.
The deciding factor: Manifestations of the veteran's RSD have consisted primarily of complaints of pain, swelling, burning, and skin discoloration without objective findings attributable to RSD.
- Claimed conditions
- RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631438
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
The veteran is granted SMC for loss of use of the left lower extremity and a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to service-connected RSD.
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