The Board has granted service connection for post-operative residuals of bunionectomy of the left and right feet. The gastrointestinal issues have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's foot surgeries were found to be aggravated by her military service, meeting the criteria for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"post-operative residuals of bunionectomy of the left foot"}, {"condition_name":"post-operative residuals of bunionectomy of the right foot"}, {"condition_name":"disability of the upper gastrointestinal tract (including reflux esophagitis, hiatal hernia, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and infectious gastroenteritis)"}, {"condition_name":"disability of the lower gastrointestinal tract (including inflammatory diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, internal hemorrhoids, and rectal ulcers)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19116071
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What this means for you
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