The veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus was granted a 30 percent rating, and mild degenerative changes at the first metatarsophalangeal joint of both feet were granted a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions were found to be more severe than previously rated based on objective medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus, Mild degenerative changes at the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the right and left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0812180
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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