The Board found that the veteran's current right foot disability, including arthritis of the right foot, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and could not be presumed to have been incurred due to exposure to Agent Orange. The claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a chronic right foot disability that began during service or within one year after service, and the Board found no medical nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right foot injury, arthritis of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0515647
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of right foot, left foot, right ankle, and left ankle injuries incurred during military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability, a sleep disorder, type two diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, vertigo, hypertension, migraine headaches, arthritis of various joints, and kidney disease.
- Granted
The Veteran's arthritis of the right foot and left foot are granted service connection. Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are denied, and a right leg disability is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right foot injury and lumbar spine disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology. The Veteran is required to undergo additional VA examinations to determine if his current conditions are related to military service.
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