The Board found that the veteran's current foot disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it was not at least as likely as not that the veteran's in-service injury had produced residual foot disabilities, concluding instead that the symptoms were due to painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bilateral foot injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624912
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Decisions by this judge: 120 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's current bilateral foot disabilities are not related to service, and the Board finds that his claim for residuals of bilateral foot injuries cannot be granted.
- Granted
The Board finds that the veteran's preexisting torn medical collateral ligament of the right knee was aggravated by his active duty military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current foot disabilities did not begin during service and were not caused by any incident of service. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
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