The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right hand injury and for increased ratings for metatarsalgia with plantar keratoses and bilateral pes cavus. The appeal was also dismissed regarding his temporary total convalescent evaluation based on surgery in 1988 for service-connected metatarsalgia with plantar keratoses.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the veteran's claims of an injury to his right hand during active duty and credible medical evidence indicated that any current disability was related to a pre-existing condition or unrelated to service. The veteran also failed to meet the criteria for increased ratings as his symptoms were consistent with the assigned 10% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a right hand injury, Metatarsalgia with plantar keratoses and bilateral pes cavus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0710006
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