The veteran's claim for service connection for tendonitis of the feet has been reopened, but his request for a compensable disability rating for left otitis media with hearing loss disability and reopening of a TTR due to a previous surgery have both been denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that did not change the outcome regarding service connection for tendonitis of the feet. The other claims were denied based on lack of new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- tendonitis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0841239
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no evidence of a torn meniscus or chronic right knee disorder, cholecystitis, chrondromalacia, lipoma on the right shoulder, cervical spine disorder, tendonitis of the feet, or DeQuervain's tendonitis of the left hand that were incurred in service. The Veteran did not provide credible lay assertions linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of tendonitis of the feet and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low back disability and tendonitis of the feet, finding that there was no evidence of chronic disabilities during or within one year after service. The examiner concluded that any current low back disability is not related to service, and there was insufficient evidence linking tendonitis of the feet to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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