The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected heloma molle, interspace between left fourth and fifth toes warrants a 30 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's service-connected condition is manifested by thickened skin or corn along the medial aspect of the left fifth toe, an ulcerated area in the web space between the fourth and fifth toes, instability, tissue loss, hypopigmentation, and abnormal texture. These symptoms are consistent with a 30 percent disability rating under DC 7819-7804.
- Claimed conditions
- heloma molle (corn), ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0914046
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What this means for you
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