The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a left foot disorder, including as secondary to his service-connected right foot fracture and bilateral shin splints. The Board found that there was no evidence of an increase in disability of the Veteran's preexisting left foot pes planus during service.
The deciding factor: There is no clear evidence of an increase in disability of the Veteran's left foot pes planus during service, and the opinion from the June 2021 examiner ruled out a relationship between the Veteran's left foot pes planus and his service-connected right foot fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Foot Pes Planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25000383
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