The Veteran's bilateral pes planus was rated at 30 percent prior to October 10, 2014 and increased to 50 percent thereafter. The Veteran is also service-connected for bilateral metatarsalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral foot edema.,Service connection has been established for all three conditions: bilateral metatarsalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral foot edema.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's claims of service connection for his bilateral metatarsalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral foot edema as they are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus, Bilateral Metatarsalgia (Morton's disease), Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis, Bilateral Foot Edema
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1727485
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