The Board denied a compensable rating for the right foot hammer toes as there is no evidence of hammertoes in all five toes, which is required for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: No medical professional has diagnosed hammertoes in all five toes as required by the rating criteria for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot hammer toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25006197
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a few granted evaluations.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right foot hammer toes but denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for right foot hallux valgus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left foot plantar fasciitis and right foot hammer toes as secondary to pes planus, but denied service connection for a right foot disorder other than pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and hammer toes and a left foot disorder other than pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hammer toes of both feet due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors by the RO.
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