The veteran's right great toe osteoarthritis is rated at 20 percent, but no more. The left great toe osteoarthritis remains at a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows moderate severe disability of the right great toe and moderate impairment of the left great toe.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right great toe, Osteoarthritis of the left great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0720013
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right foot hammertoes and osteoarthritis of the great toe are currently rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum allowed under VA rating criteria. The Veteran's left foot conditions have not been granted service connection.,Service connection for a left foot disability (hallux rigidus, hallux valgus, heel tenderness, bunions, corns, and osteoarthritis) remains pending as the AOJ has yet to issue an SSOC addressing this claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's left great toe amputation is rated at 10 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on his symptoms. The service connection for diabetes mellitus type II with peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities (diabetes) was not addressed in this decision.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the feet, hands, right elbow, ankles, and left great toe were denied. The RO also addressed other issues such as increased evaluations for shoulder conditions, a claim to reopen for knee condition (claimed as osteoarthritis), an effective date for right shoulder condition, and TDIU.
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