The Veteran's combined rating for service-connected disabilities of the right lower extremity is 70 percent, which exceeds the maximum allowed by law. Therefore, no higher ratings are granted.
The deciding factor: The combined rating for all service-connected disabilities of the right lower extremity (right knee, right foot, and right toes) has reached or exceeded 60 percent, violating the Amputation Rule, which prohibits a combined disability rating greater than 60 percent for an extremity. The Veteran's claim is denied as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right knee, medial/lateral instability of the right knee, right foot scars, right hallux valgus with degenerative changes, metatarsalgia, nonfunctional hammertoes of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1029212
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