The Veteran's residuals of a left foot injury are rated at 20 percent, but no higher, for the entire appeal period.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's left foot disability more nearly approximated moderately severe rather than severe foot injury based on his symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left foot injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24028851
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