The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for left great toe strain, finding the disability to be more severe than previously rated.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed moderate-severe impairment due to pain and functional loss during flare-ups, warranting a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5284.
- Claimed conditions
- left great toe strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055508
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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