The Veteran's service-connected left foot/ankle disability and low back disability have been granted, but the ratings are at their maximum allowable levels.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a higher rating for either condition based on current symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Foot/Ankle Arthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Low Back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1609406
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