The Veteran's claim for service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability as secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus, heel spurs, and degenerative joint disease great toes has been granted. His rating for the bilateral pes planus, heel spurs, and degenerative joint disease great toes remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disability is secondary to his service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar spine disability, Bilateral pes planus, heel spurs, and degenerative joint disease great toes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146242
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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