The Board has determined that the current evaluation of 50 percent for the service-connected bilateral pes planus with chronic pes cavus and bilateral arthroplasty of the second toes is appropriate, but has granted an extraschedular rating of 20 percent (in addition to the 50 percent schedular evaluation currently in effect), resulting in a combined rating of 60 percent for these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence shows that appellant's service-connected bilateral foot disability presents such an unusual or exceptional disability picture as to render the schedular standards impractical, with marked interference with employability due to his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, chronic pes cavus, bilateral arthroplasty of the second toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0413384
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, anemia, and gastritis as the conditions were not shown to be related to or aggravated by service.
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