The Board denied service connection for left and right foot pes planus as the conditions were not linked to a disease or injury incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an increase in disability during service, and the pes planus was present at enlistment, making it a pre-existing condition that was not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot pes planus, right foot pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023267
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 15, 2022, for a 10 percent maximum initial rating for service-connected right foot metatarsalgia and granted service connection for right foot pes planus and left foot pes planus.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left and right foot pes planus, plantar fasciitis, right ankle pain, left ankle pain, right hip pain, and left hip pain was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot pes planus, left foot pes planus, trigonum impingement, and pes cavus, right ankle sprain, left ankle sprain, right knee strain, and left knee strain. Additionally, the Veteran was granted an initial rating of 60 percent for a skin condition, to include dermatitis and tinea pedis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right foot pes planus, including as due to a service-connected disability.
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