The Board granted service connection for a right and left foot disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence of aggravation.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 VA examination found it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's bilateral foot disorders were aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine and bilateral knee disorders due to compensatory mechanisms used to alleviate pain or discomfort, which could affect the alignment of biomechanics of the lower limbs.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disorder, left foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25015183
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