The Board has determined that the veteran's cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is secondary to her service-connected left foot disorder, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that there was an etiological relationship between the surgery required by the veteran's service-connected left foot disorder and the current CVA.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), Left Foot Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0218247
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