The Board granted service connection for flatfoot (pes planus), bilateral, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a medical nexus between the Veteran's current pes planus and his service-connected left knee degenerative joint disease, status post right achilles tendon rupture repair, status post left old malleolar fracture and history of achilles tendon rupture, and degenerative joint disease of the right knee with partial MCL tear and chondromalacia.
- Claimed conditions
- flatfoot (pes planus), bilateral
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105847
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