Your appeal to reopen your claim for service connection for bilateral pes cavus has been dismissed because you withdrew the issue from the legacy system and it is now being considered in a new system.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew all eligible pending compensation appeals, including the petition to reopen his claim for service connection for bilateral pes cavus, by submitting a RAMP Opt-In Election that selected the Supplemental Claim option.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes cavus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2021
- Citation
- 21076347
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and bilateral pes cavus, finding that the Veteran's conditions first manifested during active duty service and were not aggravated by such service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral pes cavus and bilateral plantar fasciitis, finding that the Veteran's conditions were aggravated by his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral knee strain, lumbosacral strain, and migraine and tension headaches are found to have had their onset during service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.,The Veteran's preexisting bilateral pes cavus was aggravated by active duty service. Service connection is granted for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for payment of non-VA care provided at Mercy Health Saint Ritas Medical Center LLC on May 14, 2021 is granted due to the timely filing and eligibility under 38 U.S.C. § 1728.
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