The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the feet and bilateral ankle disabilities, finding that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by service and were not proximately due to or the result of service-connected plantar warts and bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current arthritis of the feet and bilateral ankle disabilities began many years after service and were not caused by any incident of service, nor were they caused by or permanently worsened by his service-connected plantar warts and bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the feet, bilateral ankle disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1037185
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What you can do next
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