The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, back disability, bilateral knee disability, and bilateral ankle disability as secondary to his now service-connected bilateral foot disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the currently diagnosed disabilities were aggravated by the now service-connected bilateral foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability (pes planus), back disability (lumbar strain), bilateral knee disability (knee strain), bilateral ankle disability (collateral ligament sprain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23043235
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What this means for you
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