The Board granted service connection for acquired bilateral pes planus with right foot posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and restored service connection for status post right and left total knee replacements, effective May 1, 2018.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's conditions were related to his active duty service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired bilateral pes planus with right foot posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, Status post right total knee replacement, Status post left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25001796
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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