The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for bilateral metatarsalgia is denied as the condition is already rated at its highest possible level.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's metatarsalgia, which is rated under Diagnostic Code 5279, has been assigned the maximum allowable disability rating of 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral metatarsalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19189993
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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