The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral knee, left ankle, and right ankle disabilities as secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus. The mental health disability is also found to be secondary to these musculoskeletal conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s current disabilities are related to his service-connected bilateral pes planus due to an abnormal gait pattern caused by the pes planus, which contributed to the development of knee and ankle pain. The mental health disability is also found to be secondary to these musculoskeletal conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19101017
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
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