Dismissed
The Board denied an effective date prior to November 2, 2022, for the award of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected bilateral pes planus and dismissed the appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: It was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus worsened in severity prior to November 2, 2022, and his combined disability rating is already 100 percent, making TDIU moot.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108968
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