Denied
The Board denied service connection for left knee pain, right knee pain, a bilateral foot disability, claimed as bilateral foot pain, to include pes planus, an upper back disability, and a low back disability.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of current diagnoses or functional impairment related to the claimed conditions during active service or that they were aggravated by it.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee pain, right knee pain, bilateral foot disability, claimed as bilateral foot pain, to include pes planus, upper back disability, to include pain, low back disability, to include a lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097648
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