The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability for VA compensation purposes in relation to his claimed conditions, and thus service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran had any of the claimed disabilities at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Right Knee Disability, Left Knee Disability, Gout of Right Great Toe, Gout of Left Great Toe, Right Foot Plantar Fasciitis, Left Foot Plantar Fasciitis, Right Foot Calcaneal Spur, Left Foot Degenerative Joint Disease of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2022
- Citation
- 22060873
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