The Board has granted service connection for bunions and hammertoes of the bilateral feet, finding that while there is no direct evidence linking these conditions to service, the Veteran's consistent reports of in-service onset and eventual diagnosis have been found in favor.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran by finding his consistent statements about in-service onset and eventual diagnosis sufficient to establish service connection for bunions and hammertoes of the bilateral feet.
- Claimed conditions
- bunions of the bilateral feet, hammertoes of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2024
- Citation
- 24015444
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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 claim for service connection for hammertoes of the bilateral feet, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his military service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the claim for service connection for bunions of the bilateral feet as there is no credible evidence linking them to active military service or any qualifying period of Active Duty Training (ADT) or Inactive Duty Training (IDT).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for right knee, left knee, right humerus, back, right ankle, left ankle, bunions of the bilateral feet, hammertoes of the right foot, hammertoes of the left foot, and pilonidal cyst conditions due to outstanding medical records from Kaiser Permanente and SSA records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bunions of the bilateral feet are being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and National Guard service records. The issue will be reconsidered after these additional actions.
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