The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for left foot and right foot osteoarthritis, finding that there was not a nexus between his current diagnosed conditions and his in-service injury or active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no evidence to support a link between the Veteran’s current osteoarthritis and his service-connected left little toe fracture or his period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot osteoarthritis, right foot osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143223
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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