The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right foot disability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show actual loss of use of the foot, which is required for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed persistent pain but no functional impairment to the extent that there was no effective function remaining other than what would be equally served by an amputation with prosthetic device.
- Claimed conditions
- compound fractures of the second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsals, right foot, chronic metatarsalgia, bony deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1732836
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- Denied
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- Denied
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