The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right foot disorders, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current bilateral foot disability and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found that the Veteran's lower extremity peripheral polyneuropathy was not incurred in or caused by any in-service injury event or illness during his active military duty periods, and the left foot neuroma was a separate condition unrelated to his claimed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot neuroma, bilateral lower extremity peripheral polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22044418
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability as secondary to his service-connected left foot neuroma.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left foot neuroma, finding no evidence that it began during service or is related to an in-service injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for scars status post left foot neuroma with residual numbness is being remanded due to the need for a full examination considering any nerve disorder of the left foot/toes and other left foot disabilities.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of May 11, 2010 for the award of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
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