The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings for her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbar spine disability was found to be no more than 40 percent disabling and the cervical spine, right shoulder, left ankle, bilateral toes, and right foot disabilities were found to be non-compensably disabling. The urinary stress incontinence was already rated at its maximum 60 percent level.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bilateral sagittal sliding osteotomy (BSSO) with genioplasty, urinary stress incontinence, lumbar spine degenerative joint disease (DJD) and degenerative disc disease, cervical spine DJD, right shoulder DJD, left ankle DJD with calcaneal spurs and plantar fasciitis, status post left foot hammertoe surgery with first metatarsal phalangeal joint DJD, status post right foot hammertoe surgery with first metatarsal phalangeal joint DJD, right foot calcaneal spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0905304
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