The Board has granted service connection for gout of the right foot, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the condition developed during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's complaints of right foot pain in service and subsequent treatment records provided evidence of continuity of symptomatology since separation from active duty, granting service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- gout of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19135566
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Decisions by this judge: 1,350 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for skin cancer, but the issues of left foot disability (gout), right foot disability (gout), bilateral leg disability, dry eyes disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, and hearing loss remain remanded due to conflicting medical opinions.
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