The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a gait disorder, to include involving the hips and spine, at any time during the appeal period. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability or a link between the claimed conditions and service, including service-connected bilateral pes planus calcaneocuboid tarsal coalitions and equinovarus club feet.
- Claimed conditions
- gait disorder, hip conditions, spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1741475
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