The Board finds that the Veteran's anatomical loss of feet does not result in an inability to achieve natural knee action with prosthesis, and thus, he is not entitled to a higher rate of special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows no difficulty with natural knee action due to service-connected anatomical loss of feet.
- Claimed conditions
- anatomical loss of both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1116626
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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