The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for the residuals of a pneumothorax, effective from January 1, 1998.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's pneumothorax did not result in any of the specified criteria for an incapacitating episode or severe flatfoot of either foot, thus warranting the highest available rating under Diagnostic Code 5276 and the current General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability, Plantar fasciitis, Pneumothorax
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0638295
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