The Veteran's hammer toes are granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected plantar fasciitis.,Service connection for sacrum disability, including coccyx pain and coccygeus-sacral muscle spasm, is granted. The Veteran also received a 40% rating for osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine after July 6, 2019.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the Veteran's hammer toes are related to his service-connected plantar fasciitis and his sacrum disability is separate from his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Hammer toes, Sacrum disability, Osteoarthritis of lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21013684
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