The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral flatfoot warrants a rating of 30 percent, which is higher than the current 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's service-connected bilateral flatfoot is characterized by pain on manipulation and use, pronation requiring orthotics, and other symptoms consistent with severe flatfoot acquired as defined in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Flatfeet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0719216
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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.
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