The claim for service connection of amputation of right toes due to gangrene and left knee arthritis is granted. The claims for PTSD, calluses on the right foot, migraine headaches, TDIU, SMC at housebound rate, and SMC at aid and attendance rate are remanded.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened based on new evidence received since the last final denial in March 2005. The claims for PTSD, calluses on the right foot, migraine headaches, TDIU, SMC at housebound rate, and SMC at aid and attendance rate are remanded due to need for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of right 1st, 4th, and 5th toes due to gangrene, left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193011
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