The Board has granted service connection for acquired bilateral flat foot, right leg neuropathy, and left arm neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions consistently relate the Veteran's disabilities to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired bilateral flat foot, Nerve disability of the right lower extremity, Neuropathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2018
- Citation
- 1805518
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and neuropathy of the right upper extremity due to a need for additional development.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and higher ratings for various conditions, but granted a 30% rating for neuropathy of the right upper extremity.
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