The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right foot condition and cervical spine condition, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence of chronicity of care in the Veteran's medical records after separation from service, but acknowledged the Veteran's competent lay statements regarding continuity of symptomatology and current pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Condition, Cervical Spine Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19195641
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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.
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