The Board has determined that the Veteran's thoracic spine disability, pes planus, intractable plantar keratosis, and bilateral hip disorder are all etiologically linked to his service-connected spinal disabilities. The claims have been reopened due to new evidence provided by a private foot specialist.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion from a private foot specialist indicates that the Veteran's neurological deficits and gait alterations from his spinal pathology have contributed to significant clinical aggravation of pes planus and intractable plantar keratosis, which were previously considered service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic spine disability, pes planus, intractable plantar keratosis, bilateral hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1038152
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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