The Veteran's appeal is granted, with a rating of 20 percent for the gunshot wound to the left foot effective from April 15, 2004.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examinations and outpatient treatment records consistently documented the Veteran's symptoms, including pain, numbness, and gait abnormalities, which were attributed to his service-connected gunshot wound to the left foot. The Board found that these findings supported a rating of 20 percent for the disability effective from April 15, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion of the left index finger, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, lumbosacral spine disorder, skin disorder (bilateral thighs and axillary areas), arthritis of the bilateral shoulders, hips, knees, hands, arms, wrists, ankles, and right foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1017301
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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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