The Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot hallux valgus with arthritis and gout is granted initial evaluations of 20 percent, but the claim for aneurysm remains pending. The issue of a TDIU prior to July 7, 2015, is also pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot hallux valgus with arthritis and gout has been productive of pain with one or two exacerbations per year in a well-established diagnosis, warranting the initial evaluations of 20 percent. The claim for aneurysm remains pending as new evidence was presented to reopen it.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot hallux valgus with degenerative changes and gout, Left foot hallux valgus with degenerative changes and gout
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19184003
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