The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for the service-connected cellulitis of the left and right great toes, but denied service connection for nerve damage to both feet.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current diagnosis of a peripheral nerve condition affecting the bilateral feet or that such conditions were related to service. The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated a moderately severe level of impairment of the foot, warranting a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage of the left foot, nerve damage of the right foot, cellulitis of the left great toe with onychogryphosis, cellulitis of the right great toe with onychogryphosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25031336
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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