The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planovalgus and assigned a 20 percent disability rating. The claim for an increased rating for bilateral chondromalacia was denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current bilateral pes planovalgus is manifested by pain on manipulation and accentuated use, lost arches with callosities and tenderness, slight pronation with ambulation, and minimal degenerative changes. These symptoms produce functional impairment comparable to severe bilateral pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle disability, low back disability, bilateral pes planovalgus, bilateral chondromalacia, left bunion deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0823114
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