The Board has granted service connection for bilateral foot disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosed conditions are related to her active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's continuous assertions of in-service onset and worsening of her foot pain, combined with STRs containing complaints about her feet, outweighed the VA examiners' opinions against a direct relationship between her service and current bilateral foot disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral degenerative arthritis, plantar calcaneal spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23038000
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What this means for you
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