The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for aggravation of a right great toe disorder as a result of VA surgery is found to be well grounded and the claim has been granted.
The deciding factor: There is competent medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's right great toe disorder and treatment or surgery at a VA facility, including post-surgical changes with associated degenerative changes noted on x-rays from January 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- Right great toe disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0005820
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right great toe disorder and a headache disorder, finding that there is no evidence to support these conditions began during or are related to his active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current right great toe disorder is related to his active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was denied because he failed, without good cause, to report for a VA compensation examination needed to decide his appeal.
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