The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hip, knee and foot conditions as secondary to a non-service-connected ankle condition. The direct service connection claims have also been denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current diagnosis for the claimed bilateral foot condition (fallen arches) and the Veteran has not provided sufficient medical opinion regarding its etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Acetabular Femoral Abutment Syndrome, Bilateral Knee Degenerative Joint Disease, Fallen Arches (Bilateral Foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20040278
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, is service-connected.,The Veteran's chronic gastritis is service-connected.,The Veteran's bilateral ankle degenerative joint disease is service-connected.,The Veteran's cervical spine condition to include strain and pain is service-connected.,The Veteran's bilateral hip degenerative joint disease is service-connected.,The Veteran's bilateral foot degenerative joint disease is service-connected.,The Veteran's bilateral shoulder degenerative joint disease is service-connected.,The Veteran's bilateral knee degenerative joint disease is service-connected.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal seeking service connection for a left shoulder disability is dismissed.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are denied.,The Veteran's bilateral knee degenerative joint disease, diabetes mellitus, left lower extremity neuropathy, and right lower extremity neuropathy are remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeals to establish clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the June 1997 and July 2007 RO rating decisions that denied service connection for right shoulder degenerative joint disease and bilateral knee degenerative joint disease, respectively. The claims were based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary relationship.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected diabetes and knee disabilities do not render him permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes as he is able to engage in substantially gainful employment.
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