The Board has granted temporary 100 percent ratings for convalescence based on surgeries performed in November 2011 and October 2013, resulting from service-connected bilateral foot disability (other than pes planus), diagnosed as plantar fibromatosis, bilateral union deformities and callus sub fourth on the right.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's postoperative treatment reports showed that he required surgery necessitating at least one month of convalescence following his surgeries in November 2011 and October 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- plantar fibromatosis, bilateral union deformities, callus sub fourth on the right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19149087
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Decisions by this judge: 1,515 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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