The Veteran's claims for initial disability ratings or service connection were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating or higher for his GERD with hiatal hernia, DJD of the right great toe metatarsophalangeal joints with cheilectomy right great toe, and DJD of the left great toe metatarsophalangeal joints and osteotomy left second toe. The Veteran's claims for service connection were also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating or higher for his GERD with hiatal hernia, DJD of the right great toe metatarsophalangeal joints with cheilectomy right great toe, and DJD of the left great toe metatarsophalangeal joints and osteotomy left second toe.
- Claimed conditions
- GERD with hiatal hernia, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right great toe metatarsophalangeal joints with cheilectomy right great toe, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left great toe metatarsophalangeal joints and osteotomy left second toe, Perennial allergic rhinitis with environmental allergies, Exotropia of the left eye, Surgical scar of the right shoulder, Surgical scar of the left shoulder, Surgical scar of the right great toe, Surgical scar of the left second toe
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0913434
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