The Board has determined that the reduction of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral congenital pes planus rating from 30 percent to 10 percent was proper due to a finding of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in assigning his prior 30 percent rating. The claim for restoration of the 30 percent rating is denied.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot condition, including congenital pes planus, plantar fasciitis, hallux valgus, and arthritis, as the evidence did not support that these conditions were caused by or aggravated during active military service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral congenital pes planus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression and PTSD), and gout, bilateral feet have all been denied. The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus is a congenital disease not aggravated by service, his acquired psychiatric disorder does not meet the criteria for service connection as it did not begin during service or be related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, and his gout was not shown to have begun during service.,Service connection on secondary basis has also been denied due to lack of a service-connected condition.

The claims of service connection for gout, bilateral congenital pes planus, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.