The Board has granted service connection for left knee disability, to include left gouty arthritis. The issues of service connection for left hip condition, left toe condition, fibromyalgia of the left leg, and left foot condition are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current left knee disability is secondary to medications prescribed for his service-connected disabilities (including back disability).
- Claimed conditions
- left knee gouty arthritis, left foot condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22029962
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, depression, migraine headaches, hypertension, abnormal heartbeat, bilateral eye condition (sensitivity to light), erectile dysfunction, skin disorder, upper spine condition, lower back condition, skeletal arthritis of entire joint system, left hip condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, and right foot condition have all been denied.,The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection for any of these conditions due to a lack of current disability or no evidence linking the claimed conditions to his active duty service.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has identified a need for additional development to determine if the Veteran's foot conditions are related to her military service, and thus remands the case.
- Denied
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