The Board granted service connection for right flat foot, finding that the evidence supports a relationship between the condition and active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's credible testimony and the absence of probative medical opinions against the claim, leading to an application of the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- right flat foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25014209
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (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
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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right flat foot as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions, and the evidence does not support a finding that they are related to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with spondylosis was granted service connection. The claims for left and right flat feet were remanded.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for tendinitis, left and right knee disorders, and flat feet due to a lack of consideration of certain presumptive provisions and a need for additional medical examination.
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