The Board found no current disability of left foot ulcer or stomach/gastrointestinal disorder, and denied service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence of current disability for either condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot ulcer, stomach or digestive order
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0707360
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left foot ulcer and neurogenic bladder as secondary to service-connected disabilities, including obesity. The VA is required to provide an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions caused or aggravated his obesity, and if so, whether it was a substantial factor in causing or aggravating his left foot ulcer and/or neurogenic bladder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the left leg below-the-knee amputation, finding that VA did not fail to properly treat his condition and that the proximate cause of the amputation was the chronicity of osteomyelitis despite weeks of antibiotic therapy.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, finding that the Veteran's conditions were present prior to his initial claim in August 2002.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to a compensable rating for calluses on the left foot (claimed as a left foot ulcer) due to insufficient medical evidence addressing whether there are exposed areas affected by the condition.
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