The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability of the arches of the feet or bilateral ankle pain, and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of any chronic foot or ankle condition during service or continuity of symptomatology post-service. The veteran's complaints were resolved by the time of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- pain in the arches of the feet, bilateral ankle pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0212050
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for GERD, bilateral ankle pain, tendonitis and plantar fasciitis of the bilateral feet, and hernia have been granted. The claim for service connection for a lower back condition to include constant pain, fatty liver disease, multiple times high heat dehydration risk, and hepatitis A has been withdrawn.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims at a hearing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection due to lack of evidence showing entitlement arose prior to April 30, 2024.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all appeals related to his service connection claims for various conditions, including sinusitis allergies, bilateral ankle pain, bilateral knee pain, and heat sensitive low tolerance. The appeal is dismissed as a result.
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