The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for left tarsal bone arthritis, effective October 28, 2009. The claim for TDIU on an extraschedular basis pursuant to 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's left tarsal bone arthritis symptoms more nearly approximate severe foot injury, warranting a 30 percent rating under DC 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left tarsal bone
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20023558
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