Ulysses Copeland v. Robert A. McDonald
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
1Opinion of the Court
LANCE, Judge:
The appellant, veteran Ulysses Copeland, appeals through counsel a February 26, 2014, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that, in part, denied entitlement to a disability rating greater than 50% for bilateral pes planus with hallux *335valgus.1 Record (R.) at 2-18. On April 14, 2015, this case was submitted to a panel for review, and on April 27, 2015, the Court ordered the parties to file supplemental memoranda of law. The parties filed their supplemental memoranda on May 11,2015. For the reasons that follow, the Court will affirm the Board’s decision.
I. BACKGROUND
Mr.…
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