The veteran's service-connected right foot disabilities, including residuals of bunion surgery and fractures of the second and third toes, are currently rated at 20 percent. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records consistently characterized the veteran's conditions as residuals of her service-connected injuries, warranting a higher rating under diagnostic code 5284 for other foot injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of bunion surgery of the right foot, Residuals of a fracture of the right second toe, Residuals of a fracture of the right third toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0710882
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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