The Board denied service connection for pseudogout as secondary to the veteran's right foot disability and also denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of gunshot wound to the right foot.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the pseudogout was related to the veteran's service-connected right foot disability, nor did it show actual loss of use of the foot due to pain.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudogout, right knee disorder, right leg disorder, left foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0022995
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