The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disorder and a low back disorder as secondary to the foot disorder, both for substitution purposes.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported that the Veteran's low back disorder was proximately due to or a result of an altered gait pattern caused by his service-connected bilateral foot disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral foot disorder, Low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25008266
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
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