The Board has granted service connection and awarded noncompensable ratings for degenerative joint disease of the right first metatarsophalangeal joint, status post bunionectomy with scar, and status post bunionectomy of the left great toe, with scar. The Veteran's bilateral foot disability is currently rated 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 5284.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations revealed no significant impairment in range of motion or weight-bearing that would warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot bunionectomy, right foot bunionectomy, degenerative joint disease right first metatarsophalangeal joint
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1031550
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot bunionectomy, diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), and a left eye injury. The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require regular aid and attendance, which grants entitlement to special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance. The issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation at a housebound rate is moot due to the grant of aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board denied his claim for TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the RO failing to address his claims of CUE in the February 2005 rating decision regarding initial noncompensable ratings for bilateral plantar fasciitis, right retropatellar pain syndrome, left retropatellar pain syndrome, and left foot bunionectomy.
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