The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia is now rated at 50 percent effective December 21, 2022.,Prior to this date, the Veteran was not granted a higher rating for his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show marked inward displacement and severe spasm of the Achilles' tendon on manipulation of either foot, or that symptoms were not improved by orthopedic shoes in either foot prior to December 21, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus with Metatarsalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23018084
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's application for higher ratings for adjustment disorder with anxiety and bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia was denied. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70% disability rating effective April 19, 2016. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD has been manifested by symptoms such as anxiety and panic attacks, chronic sleep problems, irritability, hypervigilance, an exaggerated startle response, problems with concentration, depressed mood, intrusive memories, avoidance behaviors, suicidal ideation, problems with work, and relationship difficulties. The Board found that a 70% disability rating is warranted for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia and entitlement to TDIU are remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The veteran's bilateral foot disabilities were rated at 10 percent for the length of the appellate period, with a 30 percent rating granted for the entire period due to moderate impairment. The hallux valgus conditions remained noncompensable prior to August 29, 1983, and were subsequently rated as 10 percent effective from that date.
- Whole decision: Denied
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.
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