The Veteran's service-connected right foot nerve disability is rated at 10 percent, and her claim for a higher rating for this condition has been denied. The Board found no evidence of a back disorder that began in service or was linked to any established in-service injury, disease, event, or another service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined the Veteran's right foot nerve disability is not proximately due to or the result of her service-connected conditions and provided rationale based on the Veteran's gait stability and lack of abnormality of posture or gait causing spine or ankle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Back Disorder, Right Foot Nerve Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1430003
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