The Board finds that the Veteran's preexisting bipartite sesamoid bone in the right great toe has been aggravated by a service-connected disability, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's pre-existing right big toe disorder was aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a right foot injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Right big toe disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1549874
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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