The Veteran's left foot disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, effective May 12, 2014. His skin disorder remains at a noncompensable rating throughout the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations consistently noted pain and functional impairment in the left foot, which supported the need for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot fourth metatarsal/proximal phalanx fracture, healed, chronic left Achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1611431
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for chronic left Achilles tendonitis and entitlement to TDIU due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the service-connected conditions. The case will be referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for chronic left Achilles tendonitis, residuals of pneumonia with left lower lung scar and COPD, and TDIU due to missing private records from Kaiser Permanente. The Appellant must be notified about the availability of these records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development and consideration of the Veteran's claims, including obtaining SSA records and VA treatment records. The issues include rating increases for various disabilities and reopening a previously denied claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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