The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, arthritis of multiple joints, an eye disorder, cold weather injury to the hands, fingers, legs, toes, and feet, bilateral pes planus, and hammer toe disability. The Veteran is not entitled to a compensable evaluation for his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence did not meet the criteria for an initial compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5276 for bilateral pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Tinnitus, Arthritis of multiple joints, Eye disorder, Cold weather injury to the hands, fingers, legs, toes, and feet, Bilateral pes planus, Hammer toe disability of the right foot (affecting second and third toes)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1014909
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What this means for you
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