The Veteran's service-connected plantar warts with intractable keratosis of the left foot is rated as a noncompensable disability. The Board has granted an initial 10 percent rating for this condition, effective June 9, 2010.
The deciding factor: The VA examination confirmed that the Veteran's plantar warts with intractable keratosis of the left foot are service-connected and warrant a compensable rating based on their current severity.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar Warts, Intractable Plantar Keratosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802804
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's plantar warts disability, affecting the soles of both feet, has resulted in chronic pain that is commensurate with a 20 percent disability rating under DC 7804. The criteria for a higher rating have been met.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, IHD, plantar warts, lumbar and cervical spine DJD, hip and shoulder DJD, preclude him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's plantar warts are manifested by symptoms that are analogous to superficial and painful scarring. A 10 percent rating is assigned for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected plantar warts and tender plantar callosities of both feet are currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that these disabilities do not warrant a higher rating as they are characterized as moderately severe.
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