The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes valgo planus as secondary to a service-connected disability, finding that his condition was not related to service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's bilateral pes valgo planus did not preexist service and was not caused by a service-connected disability. The opinion linking the condition to service-connected disabilities was deemed speculative and therefore not probative.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes valgo planus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0716247
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