The Board has determined that the Veteran's arthritis of the left big toe is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current left big toe arthritis was related to his in-service injury, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left big toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18125346
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the left and right big toes, finding that there was no evidence of chronic in-service disability or continuity of symptomatology.,The Board also denied service connection for COPD, concluding that it did not begin during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bone spur (bilateral bunions), arthritis of the left big toe, back pain, and neck condition. The reasons given were that there was no evidence of aggravation during service or any increase in severity beyond natural progression, and the current conditions are not related to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is necessary for the veteran's claims, including obtaining medical opinions regarding service connection and increased evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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