The Board has granted a separate initial 10 percent rating for each of the Veteran's corns of the bilateral fifth toes, effective July 28, 2004.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence demonstrated moderate foot injury with no severe symptoms or findings that would warrant higher ratings under other applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Corn of the right fifth toe, Corn of the left fifth toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1115570
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- Denied
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