Foot (incl. plantar fasciitis, flat feet) decisions — 2024

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus, which existed prior to service and was noted on entry, was aggravated during service. The evidence does not provide clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut this presumption of aggravation.

The Board has granted service connection for plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia. The left shoulder condition is remanded for further examination.

The Board has denied service connection for left ear hearing loss disability due to the absence of a current disability as defined by VA regulation. The remaining issues are being remanded for additional development and readjudication.

The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for asthma, hypertension, plantar fasciitis, emphysema, GERD, and hyperlipidemia. The claim for service connection for COPD was reopened but denied due to lack of causal relationship with service.

The Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, bilateral pes planus (flat feet), and a right foot disability are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and the retrieval of Social Security Administration records.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of heart disability, major depressive disorder, and bilateral plantar fasciitis. The remaining issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's bilateral pes planus is granted a 10 percent rating prior to March 10, 2020, and denied any higher rating thereafter.,Service connection for a psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) is denied.,Service connection for headaches is denied.,Service connection for hypertension is denied.,Service connection for left testicle condition is denied.,Service connection for right thumb condition is denied.,The claim to reopen the service connection for hearing loss was denied as no new and material evidence was received.

The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to November 14, 2011, and December 5, 2011, are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

Service connection for bilateral flat feet and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include dysthymic disorder, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and depression, is granted based on aggravation.,The Veteran's bilateral flat feet were aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the Veteran's claims for service connection can be adjudicated. The claims are remanded due to conflicting medical opinions regarding the relationship between gout and diabetes-related foot disabilities, as well as potential aggravation by service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's GERD has been granted service connection, with an effective date of February 17, 2017.,Service connection for bilateral pes planus and tinnitus prior to April 18, 2018, is denied.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to April 24, 2020 was denied as the evidence did not show he could not secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due solely to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, low back disability, and high blood pressure. The Board found no evidence that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Veteran's sleep apnea, back disability, bilateral foot disability, and chest pain are all found to have originated during service. The claims for these conditions are granted.

The Board has determined that the issues of service connection for hearing loss, traumatic brain injury (TBI), a cervical spine disability, a thoracolumbar spine disability, a right knee disability, a left foot disability, and a right foot disability should be remanded due to an error in docketing.

The appeal for service connection of a liver disorder is dismissed. Service connection for hyperparathyroidism, uterine disorder with fibroids, migraine headaches, bilateral breast disorder, and bilateral foot disorder (pes planus) are denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including attention deficit disorder and chronic anxiety), a cervical spine condition, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, and bilateral plantar fasciitis. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, including hallux valgus, calcaneal spurs, and plantar fascial fibromatosis.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding systemic therapy for the Veteran's plantar keratoderma.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right foot and right knee disabilities, both claimed as secondary to a service-connected right ankle disability. The VA examiner is required to provide opinions regarding whether these conditions are directly related to or caused by his active service, as well as whether they are aggravated by his service-connected right ankle disability.