The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with bunions, finding that his disability more nearly approximates the criteria for this rating.
The deciding factor: The examination findings supported a higher rating of 30 percent based on severe pronation and calluses.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with bunions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0528211
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for chronic kidney disease, hyperlipidemia, and other conditions due to withdrawal by the appellant.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus with bunions is currently evaluated at 30 percent, and the Board finds that it does not warrant a higher rating based on the current evidence.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with bunions was reduced from a 50 percent rating to a 30 percent rating effective November 1, 2005. The reduction was proper as there is no evidence of marked pronation, extreme tenderness of plantar surfaces of the feet, marked inward displacement, or severe spasm of the Achilles tendon on manipulation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his bilateral pes planus with bunions.
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