The Veteran's request for a temporary total rating for convalescence following surgery and an initial rating of 20 percent for residuals of right foot injury are both granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran required a one-month period of convalescence after his September 5, 2012 surgery due to severe post-operative residuals. The right foot disability has also been shown to be moderately severe in degree.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Fracture, Convalescence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19114360
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 19114360.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need for regular aid and attendance of another person, and the Board has granted SMC based on this need prior to June 11, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to January 10, 2014 for service connection were denied as the claims were not timely filed or supported by new and material evidence.,The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings were remanded due to inadequate examination findings.
- Granted
The Veteran's vertigo is granted a disability rating of 30 percent, but not more. The right foot fracture issue is remanded for further review.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder (previously claimed as PTSD) and granted it. The Veteran's right foot fracture is also granted. However, service connection for a right foot disability independent of his already service-connected condition was denied.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.