The Board found that the veteran's current right great toe disability was not related to his military service and denied service connection for residuals of a fracture of the right great toe.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of an in-service injury involving the right foot, and the earliest evidence of a right toe disability is not until 1999, approximately 30 years after separation from service. The Board finds that any injury the veteran may have sustained to his right great toe in service did not result in continued problems after service and is unrelated to the problems he later experienced many years later.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right great toe fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0813406
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