The Board has granted service connection for hammertoes of both the left and right feet prior to March 14, 2024.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence showing a link between the current disability (hammertoes) and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- hammertoes, left foot, hammertoes, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031766
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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.
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- Granted
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