The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected callosities of the feet, which is comparable to severe bilateral flat feet.
The deciding factor: The condition caused impairment comparable to severe bilateral flat feet.
- Claimed conditions
- callosities of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0218558
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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