10/18/2023 0 Comments Flat feet disability claim![]() ![]() I have already filed the claim and had the C&P examination. The more you provide the easier it is for the RVSR to decide in your favor. If you have the SUPPORTING evidence, go for it. If these do not exist, you are attempting to push a pebble up a mountain. ![]() You have to have an in-service event of illness or injury, a current diagnosis related to that event and a nexus (explanation of the rationale that connects the past and present to be\successful). How is your foot doctor going to make an assessment of your current condition based on your current condition without medical evidence to support his.her assertion? Did you have an exit physical after your got off your active duty deployment where a foot condition was recorded thereupon? ![]() Took me over 20 years for that to occur, so I think it will be a far stretch in all honesty to attempt to convince VA this happened in a year period.ĭo you have any complaints about foot issues while on active duty (this is what is going to really help you the most)? You have a Podiatrist, but as expa stated you have no description of how the military caused this condition. I am not a doctor, but I do believe it takes a good period of time to develop flat feet (Pes Planus). Unless your friend has x-ray vision, or has medical knowledge of how you got flat feet, it is not going to do much good. I too wore those black leather boots (and the even earlier versions) that caused many foot issues.Ī Buddy statement is okay as layman's evidence, but it must tell the effects of HOW your flat feet affected your condition. I too, was a Military Police Officer, Infantryman and Armor Crewman (during 28 years of service), I did not even know I had flat feet until I had a retirement physical. It gives the condition of your boots but not your feet. The statement as a lay statement is really not saying anything. The purpose of this letter is to establish the fact my boots were inadequate my civilian podiatrist will hopefully say boots that provide inadequate support during load bearing activities can exasperate ailments associated with flat feet. I have changed identifying information to protect the innocent. A fellow soldier will be submitting this letter. ![]()
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