The Board has determined that the veteran's left foot bunion and hammertoes are not related to his service-connected left knee disability, and thus denied the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected left knee disability and his current left foot bunion and hammertoes.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot bunion, hammertoes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0116334
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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