The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left foot condition, right foot condition, varicose veins, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression). However, the Board denied these claims as there is no evidence linking any of these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current diagnosis or link between any of the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot condition, right foot condition, varicose veins, acquired psychiatric disorder (depression)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19177126
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot, left elbow, left hip, left ankle, and diabetes mellitus to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Denied
The Veteran's request for higher-level review of the November 2014 rating decision was denied as untimely.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and rating issues due to untimely filings or lack of jurisdiction over deferred claims.
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