The Board has granted an initial 10 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected hallux rigidus of the right great toe, based on pain and loss of motion in his right first metatarsophalangeal joint.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found objective findings of pain and loss of motion in the veteran's right first metatarsophalangeal joint, which warranted a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 4.71a, Diagnostic Code 5281.
- Claimed conditions
- hallux rigidus of the right great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0702970
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the appeal for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and considering whether referral for extraschedular ratings is warranted. The issues on appeal include increased ratings for hallux rigidus of both great toes and a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right foot disability, including hallux rigidus of the right great toe, is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected knee disabilities. As a result, the claim for secondary service connection is granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hallux rigidus of the right great toe and established an effective date of April 15, 1987. The January 1990 rating decision was found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous in not including the veteran's right great toe disorders as part of his service-connected Reiter's syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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