The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral plantar warts and pes planus (claimed as flat feet). The Board found that the current disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing pes planus was not shown to have been aggravated by military service, and there is no medical evidence of treatment for plantar warts during service or afterwards.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Plantar Warts, Pes Planus (claimed as bilateral foot arches and flat feet)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1101833
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- Granted
The Board has restored a 30 percent evaluation for service-connected bilateral plantar warts effective November 1, 2017.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral plantar warts are rated at a 20 percent disability rating throughout the appeal period, based on the presence of painful and unstable scars.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral plantar warts prior to April 19, 2006 were not productive of loss of use of either foot.,From April 19, 2006 to December 15, 2015, the evidence more closely approximated moderate severity for left foot plantar warts. After this date, there is no evidence showing severe disability.,The Veteran's right foot amputation was not due to his plantar warts.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a kidney disability and bilateral plantar warts, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating her claim. The rating for bilateral plantar warts remains unchanged.
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