The Veteran's right ankle gout is related to service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The other issues on appeal are remanded due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on positive VA opinion linking the current right ankle gout to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle gout, right elbow tophaceous gout with degenerative changes, left elbow tophaceous gout with degenerative changes, right wrist gout, left wrist gout, a left eye condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2023
- Citation
- A23027375
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for various service connection and rating decisions related to gout affecting multiple joints, left foot gout, right foot gout, elbow pronation and supination gout, elbow limitation of flexion gout, thumb gout, index finger gout, long finger gout, ring and little finger gout, middle finger gout, ankle gout, knee gout, and right thumb gout. The effective dates for these decisions were not earlier than the specified dates.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations and opinions provided are inadequate for addressing the Veteran's secondary service connection claim. The case is therefore being remanded to obtain a new opinion.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left ankle gout, right ankle gout, left knee gout, left wrist gout, and right wrist gout. The Veteran's claim for right knee gout was incorporated into an already service-connected right knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for various gout disabilities in his lower extremities due to inadequate medical opinions and a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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