Service connection granted for bilateral pes planus and bilateral shin splints, to include as secondary to bilateral pes planus. The Veteran's hearing loss is not compensable, and tinnitus does not warrant an evaluation in excess of the current 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s bilateral pes planus was aggravated beyond its natural course by service, and the presumption of aggravation has not been rebutted. The Veteran's shin splints are related to service due to continuity of symptomatology since military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus, Bilateral shin splints
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18127461
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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