The Board has determined that the Veteran's right and left foot hammertoes are related to her service-connected pes planus, granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s current hammertoes were proximately due to her service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot hammertoes, left foot hammertoes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193149
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Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be the result of noise exposure during active duty training. Service connection for left foot hammertoes and bilateral hearing loss is granted as well.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that there may be relevant outstanding treatment records to obtain and associate with the claim file, particularly given the Veteran's citation to 'MEDICAL' in his request for service records. The claims are being remanded to address this duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions, including foot and calf pain, hammertoes, hallux valgus, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's right and left foot hallux valgus and right and left foot hammertoes, as the maximum 10 percent ratings were already assigned.
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