The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well grounded and denied them. The March 1996 rating decision assigning a 10% disability rating for bilateral pes planus was not clearly erroneous.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence to support the veteran's claims of current disabilities or their relationship to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, hallux rigidus of the left great toe, bilateral ankle condition, bilateral hip condition, bilateral knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0007429
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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