The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot condition, finding that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim. The current foot conditions are not related to an injury or disease of service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence was received which linked the veteran's current foot conditions to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0208033
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot condition and migraines, but remanded the claim for a back condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back condition, numbness left upper extremity, allergic rhinitis, bilateral foot condition, BHL, ED, insomnia, and sinusitis. The only granted issue was service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for an increased rating for loin pain hematuria syndrome and service connection for a bilateral foot condition, thus dismissing the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, left leg condition, and bilateral foot condition due to errors in the previous decision.
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