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

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cervicalgia, leg length discrepancy, residuals of left great toenail removal, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as there is no evidence of a current disability during the period on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied due to his failure to report for VA examinations without providing good cause.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis is dismissed due to procedural issues.,Earlier effective dates of February 8, 2006 are granted for service connection for syncope and left and right knee strains.

The Board denied service connection for a foot disability, including bilateral plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spurs, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for higher staged ratings for her bilateral foot disorders, acquired psychiatric disorder, or migraine headaches.

The Board has granted effective dates of January 28, 2016, and September 15, 1995 for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and bilateral plantar fasciitis respectively.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in the pre-decisional process, including an inadequate VA examination and failure to address aggravation of the claimed condition.

The Veteran's service-connected right and left foot disabilities, as well as his GERD, were restored to a 30 percent evaluation effective July 1, 2020.

The Veteran's bilateral foot disorder is rated at a 30 percent rating from February 19, 2019, and the Board has granted this rating. The effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits is set to February 19, 2019.

The Board denied reinstatement of the Veteran's appeal due to his VA Form 9 not being timely filed in response to a March 2020 statement of the case.

The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied as he does not have a current disability recognized by VA.,An initial rating of 10 percent, but no higher, is granted for the Veteran's right great toe scar due to pain.,An initial rating of 10 percent, but no higher, is granted for the Veteran's service-connected right foot disability (onychomycosis).

The Veteran's need for regular aid and attendance was not due to her service-connected disabilities, but rather the effects of her non-service-connected terminal metastatic colon cancer. The Board denied the claim for SMC based on aid and attendance.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral pes planus, left wrist fracture, and left knee strain, have prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment throughout the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and failure to consider alternative theories of secondary service connection. The Veteran's bilateral foot disability, including pes planus and plantar fasciitis, is being evaluated again with a new medical opinion.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The AOJ is required to correct these errors by obtaining additional medical opinions, creating an Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER), and scheduling the Veteran for examinations.

The Board has granted readjudication for the right foot disability, but has remanded both left knee and right foot issues due to procedural errors in obtaining necessary medical opinions.

The Veteran's bilateral pes planus is granted service connection based on aggravation during active duty. Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and type II diabetes mellitus is denied as there is no evidence of manifestation within the presumptive period.

The Board dismissed the appeal for an initial compensable rating for ED. The issues of service connection for right hip disability, bilateral foot disability, right foot disability, left foot disability, bilateral tibial fracture, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability have been reopened due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disability, adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, and female sexual arousal disorder due to conflicting medical opinions and insufficient evidence.