The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right foot disability and granted service connection for a urinary system disability. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings for traumatic injury to the left leg and knee, and an initial rating higher than 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's urinary system disability is found to be secondary to medication used to treat a service-connected neurological disability. The Board finds that the July 2007 VA physician's opinion, which explained its reasoning, is more probative than the July 2009 VA examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Disability, Bilateral Hammer Toes, Urinary System Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1012564
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