The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disability, including as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II, is now moot due to the grant of service connection for bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: The RO granted service connection for bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease in an August 2010 rating decision, which resolved the Veteran's claim on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1036260
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease is rated at 50% from February 1, 2005 to March 24, 2014.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as they do not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a back disorder as secondary to the veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease. The rating for the service-connected bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease remains at 30 percent.
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