The veteran's bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes is rated at 10 percent, the maximum schedular rating available.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran’s symptoms were primarily due to pes planus rather than arthritis, and that his pain was not severe enough to warrant a higher rating based on accentuated pain upon use.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0303917
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 106 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes was dismissed because he died before the Board could issue a decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his service-connected bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his bilateral foot condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the issue of whether there was clear and unmistakable error in rating decisions for service connection for bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes, as the appeal is moot due to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the denial of an earlier effective date for service connection for bilateral pes planus with degenerative changes is dismissed as the issue has been subsumed by prior Board decisions.
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