For the entire appeal period prior to September 1, 2020, a rating of 30 percent for left foot pes planus is granted.,Beginning September 1, 2020, a rating in excess of 30 percent for left foot pes planus is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left foot pes planus disability has been manifested by pain on use and manipulation, characteristic calluses, not improved by orthopedic shoes or appliances.
- Claimed conditions
- Left foot pes planus, Plantar warts with symptomatic plantar keratoma located at the sub-third metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070098
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left foot pes planus and a compensable rating for the left foot scar but granted a separate 10 percent rating for left foot bunionette, status post bunionectomy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, fatigue condition, sinusitis, photophobia, and bilateral pes planus, to allow for further development of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all service connection claims for further development and to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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