The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral ankle disorder, finding that it is due to his service-connected pes planus. The decision also notes that all doubts are resolved in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current bilateral ankle disorder is attributable to his service-connected pes planus and affords significant probative weight to the August 2020 VA clinician's opinion, which concluded that the Veteran's bilateral ankle disorder is due to his service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22032812
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board found no current disabilities of the bilateral legs or ankles and thus denied service connection for these conditions.
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