The Board finds that the veteran's left foot degenerative joint disease is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back and Morton's neuroma disorders, thus granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the current left foot degenerative changes were caused or aggravated by the veteran's service-connected low back and Morton's neuroma disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0627099
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What this means for you
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