The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral ankle disorder secondary to service-connected pes planus, but denied his claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the bilateral pes planus was at least as likely as not the cause of the veteran's bilateral ankle discomfort and pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disorder, Right Knee Disorder, Bilateral Ankle Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0122733
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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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