The Veteran's right foot disability has been granted a 20 percent rating from March 5, 2020 forward. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated a moderately severe disability.
The deciding factor: The February 2020 Foot DBQ supported the finding of moderate to severely disabling symptoms in the Veteran's right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disease of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 8, 2021
- Citation
- A21017991
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