The Board has determined that the appellant's current bilateral foot disorder, including metatarsalgia, callosities of the feet with bilateral bunions and degenerative joint disease, is related to his service experience. The claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The private treating physicians' opinions link the appellant's long-standing problems with his feet due to metatarsalgia and callosities of the feet with bilateral bunions and degenerative joint disease to his service experience.
- Claimed conditions
- metatarsalgia, callosities of the feet, bilateral bunions, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0007815
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