Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral ankle/foot/great toe gout as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, finding that the Veteran's gout was proximately caused by prescription treatment associated with his hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's gout was proximately caused by the prescription diuretic medication used for his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle/foot/great toe gout
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107664
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