The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for bilateral pes planus with bunions, effective from the date of the decision. The veteran's right and left great toe hallux valgus are separately rated at 10 percent each.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had severe bilateral pes planus with marked pronation and metatarsus primus varus, which warranted a maximum schedular rating of 50 percent under Diagnostic Code 5276. The right and left great toe hallux valgus were separately rated at 10 percent each as they did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus, Hallux valgus of the right great toe, Hallux valgus of the left great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0202890
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right foot hallux valgus from January 9, 2024, and denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for pes planus from July 27, 2023. A 20 percent rating was assigned prior to April 26, 2019, for the Veteran's right compartment syndrome with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, right foot drop, and right shin splint.
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