The Board finds that the Veteran's current left foot disability, specifically partial amputation of the left foot, is not related to his military service. The preponderance of evidence indicates that it resulted from a 2004 transmetatarsal amputation due to an infection and abnormal clotting reaction.
The deciding factor: The Veteran underwent a transmetatarsal amputation in 2004 as a result of complications related to an infection, not due to service-connected Achilles tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left foot partial amputation, Achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1430135
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