The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating assignments for various conditions, including gout, a skin condition, left foot osteoarthritis, scars from surgery, hallux valgus, migraine headaches, and sleep apnea. The appeals were either not about service connection or did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an in-service incurrence of these conditions or a nexus to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gout, Skin Condition, Left Foot First and Third Metatarsophalangeal Osteoarthritis (MTP), Scar, Left Foot Status Post GSW and Surgery, Left Hallux Valgus, Right Hallux Valgus, Migraine Headaches, Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130964
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