The Veteran's right foot disorder is found to have started during service and has been recurring since then, meeting the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: Service records show a right foot injury in service which led to current DJD symptoms that have persisted post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20068851
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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