The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of her bilateral feet and a cyst on her feet, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for arthritis. The Board also found that there was no evidence linking the cysts to active service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish a nexus between her current bilateral foot condition or cysts, and her active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral feet, cyst on feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19172411
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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