The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the service-connected bilateral flat foot condition, effective from August 23, 2001. The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine and traumatic arthritis of the lumbar spine are addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's flat foot condition is manifested by severe pronation, pain to palpation of the plantar-medial and central bands of the plantar fascia, bilaterally, calluses, and little improvement from use of inserts. The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for this disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Cervical Spine, Flat Foot Condition, Traumatic Arthritis of the Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0502907
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