The Board found that the Veteran's nerve damage of the right foot is productive of moderate incomplete paralysis and assigned a 20 percent rating effective March 12, 2008. The issue regarding an earlier effective date for service connection was not granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a diagnosis prior to March 12, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- peroneal nerve damage of the right foot, right great toe disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1606139
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 1606139.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded several claims, including those for back disability, left wrist disability, and others.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, but denied service connection for a right great toe disability, bilateral pes planus, and an acquired psychiatric disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's right knee, left ankle, right great toe, tension headaches and hypertension disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right great toe disability, finding it related to the Veteran's active service.
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