The Veteran's left big toe disability and scar of the left toe have been granted a 10 percent rating, effective June 16, 2017. The disability is rated under Diagnostic Code 5284 for the left big toe.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations consistently described the severity as moderate, with no evidence of moderately severe symptoms at any time during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Remote compound fracture left first metatarsophalangeal joint with ankylosis (left big toe disability), Scar of left toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178701
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.
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