The veteran's bilateral pes planus is currently rated at 30 percent, but the VA has determined that a higher 50 percent rating is warranted based on his symptoms and medical findings.
The deciding factor: The VA found that the veteran's bilateral pes planus warrants a 50 percent rating due to objective evidence of marked deformity (pronation, abduction), accentuated pain on manipulation and use, indication of swelling on use, and characteristic callosities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0629616
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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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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus and bilateral ankle disability, finding that the Veteran's preexisting conditions were not aggravated by his military service.
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