Granted
The Board granted service connection for gout of the bilateral feet, hands, and wrists based on a nexus to the Veteran's service-connected migraine conditions.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner provided an adequate opinion as to the Veteran's gout, associated with the medications used to treat his service-connected migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- gout of the left foot, gout of the right foot, gout of the left hand, gout of the right hand, gout of the left wrist, gout of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104730
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