Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a left foot condition and a right foot condition, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, otitis media, cervical spine condition, thoracolumbar spine condition, left ankle condition, and right ankle condition.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's preexisting pes planus was aggravated by active service. For other conditions, there was no evidence to substantiate a nexus between the claimed conditions and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot condition, right foot condition, bilateral hearing loss, otitis media, cervical spine condition, thoracolumbar spine condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092603
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