The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Morton's neuroma, right foot as there was no current diagnosis of this condition related to an event, injury, or disease during service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current diagnosis of Morton's neuroma, right foot at any time during the pendency of the claim that is related to an event, injury, or disease during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Morton's neuroma, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25051673
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for Morton's neuroma, left foot and right foot due to a lack of VA examination based on service connection arguments related to in-service footwear use.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for hemorrhoids and Morton's neuroma of the right foot are both granted as their conditions were first noted during periods of active duty.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as the Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal in writing.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical strain at C6-C7 and Morton's neuroma, right foot were granted service connection with respective ratings. The cervical strain was rated 10 percent disabling from April 3, 2007.
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