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Dismissed

Your appeal to add bilateral pes planus to your service-connected conditions has been dismissed because you already had a chance to submit new evidence and the VA denied it in July 2022. You cannot appeal this decision again.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's August 2022 appeal was based on evidence from before his April 2022 supplemental claim, which was not allowed as he already had a chance to submit new evidence and the VA denied it in July 2022.

Claimed conditions
bilateral pes planus
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
December 4, 2024
Citation
A24080208

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What this means for you

A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.

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