The Board has granted service connection for pes planus in both the right and left feet due to secondary service connection based on bilateral plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pes planus is found to be a result of her service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis, satisfying the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- pes planus, right foot, pes planus, left foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22056589
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure of VA to provide an adequate VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right foot pes planus. The AOJ is required to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the relevant lay evidence and whether the Veteran's pre-existing pes planus was aggravated by service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for various conditions and evaluations due to a withdrawal of the appeal by the appellant's authorized representative.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for pes planus, right foot and left foot.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various foot and hand disorders due to a failure to ensure that VA complied with its duty to assist the Veteran.
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