The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for pes planus and plantar fasciitis with calcaneal spur and hyperkeratotic lesions, right foot, and for an effective date prior to January 6, 2000, for service connection of pes planus and plantar fasciitis with hyperkeratotic lesions, left foot.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit a valid claim for service connection before the November 1994 denial. The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in that decision. The effective date was determined to be January 6, 2000, as this is when the reopened claim was received.
- Claimed conditions
- pes planus and plantar fasciitis with calcaneal spur, hyperkeratotic lesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2007
- Citation
- 0736054
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