The Veteran's gout of bilateral feet, ankles, and knees is granted service connection. The Veteran's trench foot claim is denied. The Veteran's other bilateral foot conditions are remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the Veteran's gout of bilateral feet, ankles, and knees based on his in-service symptoms and current diagnoses. Trench foot was not found to be related to service due to lack of a current diagnosis. The other bilateral foot conditions are remanded as there is insufficient evidence regarding their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- gout of bilateral feet, trench foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22036905
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