The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for internal derangement, a fractured tibial sesamoid and post-traumatic arthralgia, status post arthroplasty, osteotomy, and excision (right foot disability), an initial rating higher than 10 percent for neuroma from the right foot shrapnel wound, status post excision, and a temporary 100 percent convalescent rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right foot disability was not caused by his military service, including the shrapnel wound he sustained in combat in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- internal derangement, fractured tibial sesamoid and post-traumatic arthralgia, status post arthroplasty, osteotomy, and excision (right foot disability), neuroma from the right foot shrapnel wound, status post excision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0900578
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