The Veteran's eye disability and left foot disability have been granted service connection. The decision on the left foot disability is pending due to a need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current left foot disabilities, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye disability, Left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1133744
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