The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected residuals of right foot surgery, which is the maximum schedular rating available under Diagnostic Code 5284. The Veteran's Morton's neuroma was separately rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The symptoms associated with the Veteran's service-connected residuals of right foot surgery more nearly approximate the criteria for a severe foot injury (30% under DC 5284).
- Claimed conditions
- Morton's neuroma, residuals of right foot surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1732492
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of right foot surgery, finding that there is no persuasive evidence to support a link between his current disabilities and an in-service injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a complete record, including an evaluation of his service-connected foot disabilities and their current severity.
- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed because the issue of service connection for Morton's neuroma has not been adjudicated by the AOJ in the first instance.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity Morton's neuroma conditions are rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent, and there is no evidence of associated peripheral nerve disability that would warrant a higher rating.
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