The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral pes cavus was aggravated by active service and granted this claim. However, the low back disorder is not well-grounded as there is no evidence relating it to his period of active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the current low back disorder to any in-service back problems or to a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes cavus, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0006455
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What this means for you
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