The Veteran's bilateral pinguecula has been granted service connection.,The Veteran's right foot hallux abductovalgus and hammertoes have been granted service connection.,The Veteran's left foot hallux abductovalgus and hammertoes have been granted service connection.,The scar on the left foot from a bunionectomy has been granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise that the Veteran has bilateral pinguecula that was incurred during her active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pinguecula, Right Foot Hallux Abductovalgus and Hammertoes, Left Foot Hallux Abductovalgus and Hammertoes, Scar on Left Foot from Bunionectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159458
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from August 22, 2012 to February 28, 2014 and November 1, 2014 to February 27, 2017. The Board granted TDIU for these periods.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the reduction in disability rating for dry eye syndrome with recurrent right eye corneal erosion and bilateral pinguecula from 50% to 10% was proper. The claim for restoration of the 50% rating is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for additional development due to new evidence received after a November 2017 Supplemental Statement of the Case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral pinguecula, finding that there was no evidence of scarring or disfigurement sufficient to warrant a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7800.
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