The veteran's claim for service connection for a left foot disability was granted, but the claim for a dental disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence regarding the left foot disability was in approximate balance, applying the benefit-of-the-doubt rule, while the dental disability lacked sufficient evidence to establish a service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot pes planus, dental disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001224
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left foot plantar fasciitis and left foot pes planus due to inadequate examination, failure to consider continuity of symptoms, and need for further medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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