The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for bilateral pes planus, knee disorder, hip disorder, and back disorder. The evidence did not support a higher rating for the veteran's bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not demonstrate that the veteran's bilateral pes planus more closely approximated the criteria for a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5276.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus, Bilateral knee disorder, Hip disorder, Back disorder (degenerative disc disease, L3-SI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0122689
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What this means for you
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