The Board has granted service connection for left foot Morton’s neuroma as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability. The temporary total disability rating claim based on surgical treatment of a service-connected right knee disability was denied due to untimely filing. The claims for increased ratings for right knee instability and pain with limitation of motion are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's left foot Morton’s neuroma is at least in part secondary to his service-connected right knee disabilities, leading to a grant of service connection. The temporary total disability rating claim was not timely filed due to the Veteran's inability to file within 1 year following surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot Morton’s neuroma, right knee instability, right knee painful motion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20006853
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral knee disorders due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for right knee strain and instability but granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension from November 25, 2024.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
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