The Veteran's service-connected right foot condition, including arthritis, mid-foot fusion, hammertoe with fusion, pes planus, and calcaneal spur, is granted. Additionally, the surgical scar of the right foot is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current right foot condition was incurred or aggravated by service, including combat duty, and thus granted service connection based on this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot arthritis, right mid foot fusion, right 2nd hammertoe with fusion, pes planus, plantar calcaneal spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2021
- Citation
- A21017652
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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
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