The Veteran's bilateral foot conditions and left ankle disability are granted as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability. The highest available rating of 30 percent is assigned for the right knee instability.
The deciding factor: Service connection established due to current disabilities being proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot pes planus and arthritis, Left foot pes planus and arthritis, Left ankle degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21076612
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- Granted
The Veteran's left ankle disability is rated at a 20 percent rating for marked limitation of motion, the maximum schedular rating available.
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