Foot (incl. plantar fasciitis, flat feet) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for flat feet (pes planus) and denied service connection for an eye disability.

The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity shin splints, left lower extremity shin splints, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied service connection for a painful right thumb scar and remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral pes planus, a compensable rating for left foot hallux valgus, and a compensable rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) to schedule updated examinations.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development and to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for pes planus with plantar fascia pathology, denied an earlier effective date for hemorrhoids, and granted a February 13, 2019 effective date for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for right foot strain status post plantar wart removal and remanded the issue of service-connection for right foot strain.

The appeal for the issues of service connection for various conditions and TDIU was dismissed due to the lack of new and relevant evidence within one year of the final legacy rating decisions.

The Board granted service connection for plantar fasciitis, finding a relationship between the condition and military service.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for a right foot disability and denied claims for service connection for headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, diabetes, gout, hypertension, heart disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, peripheral arterial disease, back disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, right foot disability (pes planus and plantar fasciitis), left foot disability (pes planus and plantar fasciitis), lumbar strain, right shoulder tendinopathy, left shoulder tendinopathy, right hand tendinopathy, and left hand tendinopathy on a direct basis.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and a left knee disability based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right foot disabilities to obtain a new medical opinion that considers the Veteran's credible lay statements regarding continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and a bilateral knee strain, but remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, hypertension, inguinal hernia status post repair, and surgical scar of the inguinal crease.

The Board granted service connection for optic nerve drusen and bilateral pes planus (pre-existing condition aggravated by active duty service), but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified insomnia disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left ankle, bilateral hammer toe, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and low back conditions to ensure that VA medical examinations are conducted with sufficient detail to provide a fully informed picture of the claimed disabilities.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for bilateral pes planus and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions, as well as denied extensions of time to file a notice of disagreement.