The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral flat foot with plantar fasciitis is related to and/or aggravated by his service-connected low back strain with degenerative changes at L5-S1, and thus grants service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the Veteran's bilateral flat foot with plantar fasciitis developed due to obesity caused by weight gain from his service-connected low back disability, which aggravated his pre-existing flat feet.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flat foot with plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24025746
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