The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right great toe arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease in service or within the applicable presumptive period and that the current condition is not related to an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have a diagnosed chronic disease in service or within the applicable presumptive period, and that his current right great toe arthritis is not causally related to any in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right great toe arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181311
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