Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 7, 2022, for service connection for bilateral flatfoot.
The deciding factor: Continuous pursuit of the claim established the earlier effective date based on the date of receipt of the initial claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flatfoot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091855
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