The Board has determined that the Veteran's left foot injury is related to service, and thus granted his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner considered all relevant medical evidence including the Veteran's consistent statements of continuing pain since service and the opinion from the Veteran’s treating physician who believed the condition was caused by an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot injury, degenerative arthritis in left foot, hammertoe in left second and third toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181438
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
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