The Veteran's flatfoot (pes planus) and migraine, including migraine variants (claimed as tension headaches), are found to be related to his service. The remaining claims for service connection have been remanded.,Service connection is granted for flatfoot (pes planus) and migraine, including migraine variants (claimed as tension headaches).
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran incurred pes planus during his active service and has continued to experience symptoms since discharge. The Veteran's wife also provided supporting statements.,The Board finds that the Veteran was diagnosed with migraines in 1991, which is consistent with his reports of headaches beginning in 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- flatfoot (pes planus), migraine, including migraine variants, hypertensive heart disease (claimed as hypertension), knee meniscal tear, inflammatory conditions of synovitis, chondromalacia patella, and meniscectomy, and arthroscopy, left knee, with residuals scars, chest pain, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and hypertonia (claimed as heart problems), shoulder impingement syndrome, right, and degenerative arthritis, right, insomnia, plantar wart, right foot, osteochondrosis at the thoracolumbar spine L4/L5/S1 and spondylarthrosis L4/L5 (claimed as low back pain), sciatic nerve disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20019625
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