The Board has determined that the veteran's left foot injury and neck injury are related to his active service, granting service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical evidence supports a grant of the veteran's claims of service connection for the residuals of a left foot injury including degenerative joint disease of the first metatarsal phalangeal joint, and for the residuals of a neck injury.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the first metatarsal phalangeal joint, neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0318532
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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.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a neck injury, left shoulder injury, and low back injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for flat feet, tinnitus, and a neck injury due to an improper concurrent election of administrative review options.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a neck injury, back injury, and traumatic brain injury due to new and relevant evidence being received, but denied the claims on their merits.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a neck injury, back injury, and traumatic brain injury due to new and relevant evidence being received, but denied the claims on their merits.
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