The Board has granted service connection for left foot gout as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence indicates that the Veteran's clinically diagnosed nonservice-connected left foot gout is aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability, warranting service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot gout, degenerative joint disease of the left knee (limitation of motion), left knee injury residuals (instability), Lupus Erythematosus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1626841
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for various service connection and rating decisions related to gout affecting multiple joints, left foot gout, right foot gout, elbow pronation and supination gout, elbow limitation of flexion gout, thumb gout, index finger gout, long finger gout, ring and little finger gout, middle finger gout, ankle gout, knee gout, and right thumb gout. The effective dates for these decisions were not earlier than the specified dates.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinea pedis, but the claims of bilateral knee disabilities and left ankle disability are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot gout and right foot gout, finding that there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals as the Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues related to service connection.
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