The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left foot spur and has determined that new and material evidence has been received. The Board has also found that service connection is warranted for left foot talus spurring, which is considered a disability associated with cold injury residuals.
The deciding factor: The additional documentation submitted since the January 2010 rating decision established that the Veteran had left foot talus spurring on VA radiological evaluation and this evidence raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot spur, left foot talus spurring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1522978
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