The Board has denied service connection for all claimed disabilities, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability or a relationship to service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have diagnosed disabilities related to the issues on appeal and any symptoms he reports are attributed to unrelated conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot disability, Left foot disability, Left leg disability (including left leg venous insufficiency), Left hip disability (status post total hip replacement), Lumbar spine disability (lumbosacral strain)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2020
- Citation
- A20015639
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right and left foot disabilities are currently rated at 10 percent each, but the Board found that they do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for acne vulgaris is dismissed. Service connection for tinnitus is granted, but the left foot disability claim is remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for a right foot disability and an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and low back disabilities have been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to errors in duty to assist and incomplete medical opinions. The right foot disability claim is being addressed, including considering a congenital defect theory of entitlement.
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