The Board found that the Veteran's current right great toe disorder is not etiologically related to his period of active service and denied entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions were definitive, based on a complete review of the claims file, and supported by detailed rationale. The preponderance of the evidence did not show that the Veteran's current right great toe disorder was caused by or related to any injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right great toe injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1109836
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