The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral pes cavus warrants a disability rating of 30 percent, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's bilateral pes cavus is manifested by all toes tending to dorsiflexion and marked tenderness under the metatarsal heads with painful calluses, which more nearly approximates a higher 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5278.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Cavus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1223699
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- Granted
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