The Board has granted service connection for the amputation of the left foot third toe and a 10 percent evaluation for left hammer toes, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected left hammer toes.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established on a secondary basis as the amputation and hammer toes were found to be related to diabetes mellitus due to the Veteran's service-connected hammer toes.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the third toe of the left foot, left hammer toes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18110293
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral pes planus prior to June 1, 2018, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter, entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right hammer toes, entitlement to an initial compensable rating for left hammer toes, and entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD).
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