The Board has determined that the appellant's low back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, but his bilateral pes planus was aggravated by service. The effective date of any potential award would be the date of receipt of the claim for pes planus.
The deciding factor: The appellant's pes planus became symptomatic during service and worsened compared to its asymptomatic state prior to enlistment.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0638258
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