The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right foot arthritis and a compensable rating for status-post right foot fourth metatarsal fracture, finding no current disability of right foot arthritis and that the existing schedular evaluations adequately described his condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a diagnosis of right foot arthritis. The Veteran's complaints were attributed to multiple diagnosed disorders rather than a single undiagnosed illness or service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot arthritis, status-post right foot fourth metatarsal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1506976
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