The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral foot disability, specifically metatarsal calluses with hammer toe of the right foot, warrants a separate 10 percent evaluation for each foot. The current rating is the maximum under DC 5279.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows chronic and painful callosities on both feet that have been rated by analogy to a painful, superficial scar (DC 7819).
- Claimed conditions
- metatarsal calluses, hammer toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0716230
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Related decisions
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including OSA, cervical spine condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, and others, but dismissed appeals for obesity, TMJ, insomnia, left elbow, and right elbow. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and a new oneVA foot conditions examination is needed to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right foot monoarticular inflammation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot disability, including pes planus, hammer toe, and arthritis, finding that the Veteran's condition did not have an onset in service or manifest within one year of discharge. The Board also determined that the current bilateral foot disability was not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, including hammer toe, painful scars, plantar fasciitis, and foot cramping, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by her military service.
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