The Board granted service connection for a low back disability but denied service connection for right toe gout and migraines.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's lower back pain, which was noted both in service and continually after service, is attributable to his arthritis diagnoses shown by x-ray just over a year after service. The Board found that the August 2024 VA medical opinion was based on an inaccurate factual basis.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain (low back disability), right toe gout (right toe disability), migraines and migraine variants (migraines)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109688
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