Your initial rating for status-post internal fixation with residual hardware and pain of the left fifth metatarsal has been granted at a 30 percent level. The other issues have been remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected left foot disability resulted in severe symptoms throughout the appeal period, warranting a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Elbow Disorder, Right Elbow Disorder, Left Foot Residual Surgical Scar, Status-post Internal Fixation with Residual Hardware and Pain of the Left Fifth Metatarsal, Lumbar Strain, Left Knee Femoropatellar Syndrome, Right Knee Femoropatellar Syndrome, Right Hand Disorder, Left Ankle Disorder, Right Ankle Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18158947
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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