The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral bunions were incurred during her active service and granted her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the veteran had a pre-existing condition (bilateral pes cavus) noted at entry into service, but did not have bunions. The veteran developed bunions during service and continues to experience them post-service. Given this, direct service connection was granted.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral bunions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0328939
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for trochanteric pain syndrome of bilateral hips, bilateral ankle sprain, and patellofemoral pain syndrome of bilateral knees. The remaining claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including alopecia, bilateral bunions, wrist and hip disabilities, knee and lower extremity disabilities, depression, back disability, cyst removal of the right hand, plantar fasciitis, and a heart murmur with palpitations, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Denied
The appeal seeking revision or reversal of the October 1979 rating decisions that denied service connection for various foot conditions and skin disorders is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral bunions condition, including whether it is related to service or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.
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