The Board has determined that the Veteran's arthritis of the right big toe was not incurred in, aggravated by, or can be presumed to be due to active military service. The evidence does not show an injury or disease during service or within one year after separation from service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a nexus between the current disability and service, including any incident involving the right big toe in September 1966 when the Veteran sprained his right ankle. The Veteran's own statements indicate that the arthritis began in the early 1990s after an injury unrelated to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right big toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1334915
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the left and right big toes, finding that there was no evidence of chronic in-service disability or continuity of symptomatology.,The Board also denied service connection for COPD, concluding that it did not begin during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for arthritis of the right big toe, hypertension, and PTSD. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to schedule a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn his appeal for service connection claims related to arthritis of the right big toe, a liver cyst, and a lymph node disorder.
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