The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for flatfoot (pes planus) and hammer toes, right foot, as secondary to hallux valgus status post bunionectomy.
The deciding factor: The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney on June 4, 2025, meeting all withdrawal criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- flatfoot (claimed as pes planus), right foot, hammer toes, right foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052753
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 837 · Granted: 24% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a lack of proper notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 30% rating for GERD and a 50% rating for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis with arthritis and gout of the feet. All other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for both left and right foot hammer toes, stating there was no evidence of a current disability or in-service injury related to these conditions.
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