The Veteran's service-connected right and left foot disorders are granted with a 20% rating, effective from the date of this decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s service-connected foot disorders caused symptomatology consistent with moderately severe foot injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot heel spur, Left foot heel spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18108267
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board has granted a temporary total evaluation through December 1, 2018 for the Veteran's right foot heel spur surgery due to severe postoperative residuals.
- Denied
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