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.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, finding that his pre-existing conditions became permanently aggravated as a result of active duty service, and this aggravation was not clearly and unmistakably limited to natural progression of the disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot metatarsalgia, right foot pes planus, left foot pes planus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106303
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