The Board has determined that an effective date earlier than April 23, 1999 for the award of a 30 percent evaluation for residuals of a plantar wart of the left heel with residual scar tissue is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence reflecting treatment for a left heel disability from April 23, 1998 to April 23, 1999, and it was not factually ascertainable that his service-connected left heel disability had increased in severity within the year prior to April 23, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar Wart of the Left Heel, Residual Scar Tissue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0634296
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What this means for you
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