The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral calcaneal spurs are directly related to his service-connected bilateral pes planus with plantar callosity and arthritis, granting the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The private podiatrist's opinion established a direct relationship between the veteran's service-connected foot disabilities and his current calcaneal spurs.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral calcaneal spurs, bilateral pes planus with plantar callosity and arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0414176
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle strain, but dismissed the claim for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for bilateral calcaneal spurs.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection and rating issues related to left ankle arthritis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, COPD, and bilateral calcaneal spurs was dismissed due to untimely submission of the Notice of Disagreement.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, to include osteoarthritis of the right foot, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral calcaneal spurs, but not including the already service-connected left foot osteoarthritis.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral calcaneal spurs and right hand disability, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability or in-service injury related to these conditions.
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