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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193149
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left foot hammertoes to obtain adequate medical opinions addressing all reasonably raised theories of service connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for bilateral pes planus and denied higher ratings for left and right foot hammertoes, as well as compensable ratings for right and left foot hallux valgus.
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