Foot (incl. plantar fasciitis, flat feet) decisions — 2020

The Veteran's bilateral foot disability is rated at 50% from June 22, 2017. The appeal has been remanded for further review.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate examinations and evidence. The issues include back disorder, plantar fasciitis, left knee scar with keloid, and sarcoidosis.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral flat foot condition and a right ankle disability, finding that the Veteran's preexisting conditions were not aggravated by his active duty service.,The evidence did not support a finding of aggravation due to lack of complaints or treatment during service.

The Veteran's TBI and headache disorder are granted, but his right foot pes planus claim is remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, left knee disability, and left foot disability due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot disability and denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent from April 26, 1996 to June 27, 2008 for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease are granted service connection. The Veteran's bilateral pes planus is remanded for further examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, low back disability, and other joint disabilities due to new evidence received since previous decisions. The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic fatigue syndrome is also remanded.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his service-connected left and right ankle disabilities have been denied. The Board has also remanded the Veteran’s claim seeking service connection for a bilateral foot disability, to include arthritis, bone spurs, and neuromas, due to inadequate VA medical opinions. Additionally, the Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased initial compensable evaluation for his service-connected bilateral foot disability, to include bilateral pes planus, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and a VA opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the issue of etiology for bilateral foot disabilities other than pes planus.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea and remanded the issue of a higher rating for bilateral heel spurs with plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, sleep apnea, and bilateral plantar fasciitis were reopened. The claim for hypertension was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. The claims for sleep apnea and bilateral plantar fasciitis were granted as the evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions had their onset during service.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of back, bilateral leg, and bilateral foot disabilities due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's earlier effective date claim for sleep apnea is denied, and the compensable rating claim for bilateral pes planus is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for tinnitus, right middle finger scar, psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, bilateral plantar fasciitis, right thumb disability, and right shoulder disability are all remanded due to insufficient evidence or need for further examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for auditory hallucinations, left foot disability, left knee disability, right knee disability and chronic sinusitis. Service connection is now granted for these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for left shoulder disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, and left upper extremity neurological disability. The right upper extremity neurological disability is denied as secondary to the cervical spine disability.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal, so the case is dismissed.