The Board has determined that the Veteran's preexisting bilateral pes planus was aggravated by service and is related to the aggravation, thus granting service connection for bilateral pes planus on an aggravation basis.
The deciding factor: The Court reversed the Board's finding that the presumption of aggravation was rebutted, leading to the conclusion that the current bilateral pes planus is related to the in-service aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus (flat foot)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24062995
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 30, 2018, for service connection of bilateral pes planus (flat foot) was denied as the AOJ did not receive a formal or informal claim before that date.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asthma, joint disease (rheumatism), and bilateral pes planus as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot metatarsalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral pes planus (flat foot) due to incomplete medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development and evaluation, including obtaining an addendum VA medical opinion to address the severity of his service-connected left foot plantar fasciitis throughout the appeal period.
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