The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee, cervical spine, and low back disabilities secondary to service-connected pes planus. The Veteran's claims were based on the presumption of secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's knee, neck, or back disabilities were proximately due to or the result of his service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disability, Cervical Spine Disability, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1014300
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