The Board denied service connection for flat feet and degenerative joint disease of the left great toe, finding that there was no increase in severity during service and considering the Veteran's contemporaneous reports as evidence of continuity of symptomology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no objective evidence of an increase in severity during service and considered the Veteran's self-reports denying foot trouble prior to active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- flat feet, degenerative joint disease of the left great toe
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148442
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