The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's preexisting left foot pes planus, finding that it was aggravated by service and resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's left foot pes planus worsened beyond its natural progression during service, supported by post-service records documenting moderate asymptomatic pes planus shortly after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- left flat foot (pes planus)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24085517
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that service connection for right and left flat foot (pes planus) is granted. The claims of service connection for bilateral knee disabilities are remanded due to the need for new etiological opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability and denied it for left flat foot (pes planus), while remanding the claims for right foot pes planus and right wrist disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable initial rating for left flat foot (pes planus) was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran has been unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of his service-connected disabilities since December 21, 2013. The Board grants TDIU from December 21, 2013 to July 26, 2018.
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