The Board granted service connection for a right great toe disability, finding it related to the Veteran's active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current right great toe injury is related to an incident during his active duty for training in 2001-2002.
- Claimed conditions
- right great toe disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029421
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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