The Board has granted readjudication of the service connection for a right foot condition and has granted service connection for right foot pain. The Veteran's current right foot pain is related to his in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's current right foot pain, which impairs his earning capacity, is related to the Veteran's in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot pain, Degenerative joint disease of the midtarsal joint
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2021
- Citation
- A21017773
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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