The Board has granted service connection for multi-joint arthritis and right ankle and foot disability, including as secondary to bilateral, third-degree pes planus with eversion. The Veteran's service-connected pes planus is found to have contributed to the development of these conditions.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence linking the disabilities to service without any need for a presumption or secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- multi-joint arthritis, arthritis of the left ankle and foot, knees, hips, shoulders/arms, back, right ankle and foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126320
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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted the appeal as to the January 2022 determination that a January 2022 supplemental claim was not filed on the proper form and remanded the matter for further adjudication.
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