The Veteran's bilateral pes planus (flatfoot) was rated at 30 percent from April 17, 2008. The Board found that the disability more closely approximated a 30 percent rating due to severe pain and marked pronation, but not meeting the criteria for a higher 50 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's functional impairment was consistent with a 30 percent rating based on severe pain and marked pronation, without extreme tenderness or marked inward displacement of the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus (flatfoot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20026752
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