The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left foot, claimed as secondary to a service connected left knee disorder, and also granted service connection based on aggravation of pre-existing pes planus of the left foot.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's claims, including an expert opinion linking his current conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the left foot, Pes planus of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2012
- Citation
- 1216498
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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