Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, secondary to the appellant's service-connected plantar fasciitis, and dismissed the appeal for service connection of a right ankle disability as moot.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the medical opinion that the appellant's plantar fasciitis pain caused an altered posture and gait leading to the development of a right knee disability. The right ankle claim was dismissed due to a full grant of benefits with no opportunity for an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089437
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