The Veteran's service-connected left foot disability is rated at 40% effective September 17, 2014, and he is also granted an SMC based on loss of use of one foot.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows the Veteran has significant impairment in his left foot that results in no effective function remaining other than what would be equally well served by amputation with a prosthetic appliance. This meets the criteria for a 40% rating under DC 5167, which allows for an SMC based on loss of use of one foot.
- Claimed conditions
- Crush injury to the left foot with incomplete paralysis of the posterior tibial nerve, Flatfoot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24018393
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