The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral plantar neuromas, finding that there was no evidence linking her current condition to either service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated that the veteran's claimed neuromas were more properly characterized as metatarsalgia and not related to her rheumatoid arthritis. The examiner concluded that the veteran's rheumatoid arthritis could be related to mild changes in her x-rays, but her symptoms were indicative of metatarsalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar neuromas, metatarsalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0314592
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