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

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral flat feet and plantar fasciitis are remanded due to a lack of medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions as related to service. The VA must provide appropriate examinations and obtain necessary medical nexus opinions.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection as it began during service.,Service connection for a left elbow disorder is denied due to lack of evidence.

The Board has restored a previously reduced 50% evaluation for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, finding no actual improvement in the Veteran's condition during the appeal period.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected plantar warts, finding that the condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable VA rating schedule.

The Veteran's initial disability ratings for GERD and Plantar Fasciitis have been granted at a 30 percent level effective September 6, 2020. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of Migraines and TDIU are being remanded.

The Veteran's migraines, cervical spine disability, right upper extremity radiculopathy, and bilateral foot disability have been granted service connection. The Veteran also received a TDIU effective March 27, 2018, and SMC at the housebound rate effective that date.

The Board has remanded the claims for left and right foot disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors.,An addendum VA opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's bilateral foot disabilities were aggravated by service.

The Veteran's PTSD and bilateral foot disability were granted increased ratings in the May 2023 rating decision, effective April 11, 2023, and March 25, 2023 respectively. Attorney fees of 20% of past-due benefits awarded are now eligible.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 28, 2012 for service connection of his bilateral foot condition was denied. The Board found that the earliest possible effective date is March 28, 2012, as this is when the Veteran filed a Supplemental Claim to reopen his previously denied claim.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional error in providing VA examinations. The Veteran is still seeking service connection for insomnia/unspecified anxiety disorder and bilateral plantar fasciitis, with the latter potentially related to his service-connected degenerative disc disease.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right lower extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness, right wrist disability, strain of the left quadriceps, degenerative arthritis of the right hand, a disability of the left foot, low back disability, deformity of the left foot, and right foot plantar fasciitis. The claims are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral pes planus with mild calluses and a lung condition, to include spontaneous right pneumothorax, are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and examinations.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed because the Veteran's claim was granted in a prior decision. The claims of service connection for sleep apnea and bilateral flat feet are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for back and right foot disabilities, finding that there was no in-service occurrence or disease that caused these conditions.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from April 21, 2018 to January 25, 2021 due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has denied the readjudication of service connection for pes planus and remanded the issue of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right elbow condition, right ankle condition (including Achilles tendonitis), right shoulder condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, and back condition. The Board also found that bilateral pes planus began during active duty.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and will consider all evidence of record at the time of the December 2020 supplemental claim rating decision. The Veteran's bilateral foot disability is being considered for service connection under direct theory.

The Board has denied service connection for a right wrist disorder, foot disorder, ulcer residuals, lumbar spine disorder, and dry eye syndrome. The issues of service connection for these conditions are being remanded.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, chronic left foot disability, chronic right foot disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including schizoaffective disorder), chronic lumbar spine disorder, chronic cervical spine disorder, chronic left shoulder disorder, chronic left knee disorder, chronic right knee disorder, chronic left ankle disorder, and chronic right ankle disorder. The claims are being remanded for further review.