The Veteran's claim for service connection for amputation of his right great and second toes was received by VA on November 19, 2014. The Board found no earlier unadjudicated claims or evidence of increased disability within the one-year period prior to the receipt of the claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection was not based on a presumption, secondary condition, aggravation, new and material evidence, or direct service connection; rather it was received after an earlier award of service connection for diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation, right great toe, amputation, right second toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19115619
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What this means for you
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