The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed bilateral flat foot condition was not incurred during service and is not etiologically related to service. As a result, the claim for service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a diagnosis of a bilateral flat foot condition and it was not manifested during service and is not etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flat foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614416
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 22, 1994, for the award of service connection for bilateral flat foot.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 12, 2020, for the initial rating of 50 percent for bilateral flat foot.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending claims as he has an overall 100 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral flat foot, left and right knee disorders, left leg disorder, right hip disorder, prostate disorder, lower back disorder, and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy/radiculopathy, to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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