The Board has granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left foot condition, finding that VA's failure to properly treat calluses contributed to the development of chronic left great toe ulcerations. Higher ratings for service-connected left hip disability are also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA's failure to more extensively treat known calluses under the Veteran's left great toe is both a departure from general practice and a proximate cause of the callus progressing into an open wound, which was a reasonably foreseeable consequence in diabetic patients with a history of neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot ulcerations, left great toe callus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23020298
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