The Veteran's callosities of the feet have not met the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent, as they do not affect at least 20 percent of his body or require systemic therapy such as corticosteroids.
The deciding factor: The callosities did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7806 due to their limited extent and lack of treatment with systemic medications in the past year.
- Claimed conditions
- callosities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19161012
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