The Board granted service connection for bilateral hallux rigidus and assigned a 60 percent rating from September 9, 2019, for residuals of prostate cancer with voiding dysfunction. It also granted ratings in excess of 20 percent for type II diabetes mellitus and right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hallux rigidus was caused by his service-connected bilateral flat feet, and thus granted service connection on a secondary basis. The evidence supported granting ratings in excess of 20 percent for type II diabetes mellitus and right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve.

Claimed conditions

bilateral hallux rigidus, type II diabetes mellitus, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve, right foot hallux valgus, left foot hallux valgus, bilateral flat feet and degenerative arthritis, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, residuals of prostate cancer with voiding dysfunction

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 26, 2025

Citation

A25017418

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