The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral corns and calluses. The Board found that these conditions permanently increased in severity during military service, with no evidence of aggravation beyond natural progression. Service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing pes planus did not increase in severity during active duty, but the Veteran's corns and calluses did permanently increase in severity over the course of his service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral corns, bilateral calluses
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2023
- Citation
- 23047466
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable rating for service-connected bilateral calluses and plantar warts has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The appeal seeking revision or reversal of the October 1979 rating decisions that denied service connection for various foot conditions and skin disorders is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a bilateral foot injury due to insufficient evidence in the VA examination opinions. The Veteran's current foot conditions are being evaluated again with consideration of his reported in-service duties and symptoms.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of bilateral calluses is dismissed. The case is remanded for further review on the issue of service connection for tinea pedis, which may be secondary to service-connected pes planus.
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