The Board finds that the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the veteran's current loss of use of both feet is secondary to his service-connected residuals, L-1 fracture. Therefore, service connection for loss of use of both feet is granted.
The deciding factor: Given the medical evidence and opinions provided, the Board finds that there is an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding whether the veteran's current loss of use of his feet is secondary to his service-connected residuals, L-1 fracture. Therefore, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran, service connection for loss of use of both feet is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of both feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0812734
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Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher level of SMC and SMC based on loss of use of the lower extremities due to duty-to-assist errors, lack of sufficient medical evidence, and inextricably intertwined issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of June 26, 2015 for the award of service connection and SMC based on loss of use of both feet.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's SMC was granted at the intermediate level between 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) and (n) due to additional disabilities including peripheral neuropathies, tinnitus, hearing loss, and lymphoma.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of February 11, 2020 for service connection of loss of use of both hands and feet as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Parkinson's disease.
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