The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis and pes planus of the right foot, as his current condition is not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The additional medical records received since the 1992 RO decision are cumulative or redundant of previously considered medical evidence which showed that the veteran had trauma (fracture) to the right ankle before he entered active duty and severe pes planus and traumatic arthritis of the right foot on a 1991 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, pes planus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0109183
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