The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral pes planus was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not demonstrate the presence of bilateral pes planus during service; to the contrary, it shows that bilateral pes planus was first manifested after the veteran's separation from service, and does not show that it was related to that service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0301259
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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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