The Veteran's claim for a separate compensable rating for numbness of the right lower extremity is denied as it is not related to his service-connected traumatic arthritis, lumbosacral spine.,The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for scar, status post resection, left fifth metatarsal and excision of plantar wart is denied due to lack of objective evidence of limitation or instability.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports do not support a separate rating for numbness of the right lower extremity as it is attributed to polyneuropathy unrelated to his service-connected traumatic arthritis, lumbosacral spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Lumbosacral Spine, Numbness of Right Lower Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1322277
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What this means for you
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