The Board has granted service connection for nerve damage, secondary to the veteran's service-connected residuals of a left great toe fracture. The claim for restoration of a 20 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a left great toe fracture is being remanded.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner found that it was as likely as not that the veteran had nerve impingement in the site of previous surgeries causing pain, which could be related to his service-connected residuals of a left great toe fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage, residuals of a left great toe fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0419409
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection and increased ratings as the appeal was untimely.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Board Appeal request.
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