The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disorder (plantar fasciitis) as secondary to the veteran's service-connected left knee disability, based on aggravation.
The deciding factor: The October 2007 VA examiner concluded that it is at least as likely as not that the veteran's service-related left knee condition could accelerate the veteran's bilateral foot condition beyond its natural progression because of the veteran's limp favoring the left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disorder (plantar fasciitis)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0813439
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