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

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, an evaluation greater than 30 percent for residuals of right foot surgery, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to a service-connected disability, and eligibility for special monthly compensation.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) as it was withdrawn by the Veteran. The appeal for service connection for Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis was denied due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for right foot growth and a bilateral foot disability, as well as denied an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted an effective date of September 1, 2021, for service connection for the Veteran's thoracic spine, cervical spine, right foot, painful scar, status-post varicocele surgery, left lower abdomen, right knee, bilateral tinnitus, and right lower extremity neuropathy disabilities.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder, to include alcohol use disorder. The claim for a bilateral foot disability and hypertension were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for low back degenerative disc disease (DDD) with spondylosis, a post-surgical low back scar, and sciatic radiculopathy of both lower extremities. It also granted an increased rating of 30 percent for cervical spine disc protrusions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus was incurred in service and continued. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for hand rash, vision loss based on refractive error, and lumbar spine disability, among other conditions. A separate 10 percent rating was granted for right knee limitation of extension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left foot disability, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service injury.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the condition began in or was caused by active military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral flatfoot (pes planus) to obtain a medical opinion addressing direct service connection.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for hypertension, migraine headaches, bilateral pes planus, and thoracolumbar spine disability due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for right knee and back disabilities, granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for bilateral pes planus, and remanded the claims for service connection for right hand and left hand disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's bilateral pes planus is related to his military service or aggravated by his service-connected restless leg syndrome.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for right and left foot bunion with hallux valgus prior to September 2, 2020, and a separate noncompensable rating for right hammertoe of the second toe effective September 2, 2020. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for arthritis of the bilateral first metatarsophalangeal joint and bilateral plantar fasciitis effective February 7, 2021.

The Board granted readjudication of the service connection claim for sinusitis due to new and relevant evidence, but remanded other claims for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left foot disability, right foot disability, sinus disability (claimed as allergies), and an earlier effective date for TDIU to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea, tinnitus, a bilateral foot disability, and a low back disability has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The appeal for an increased rating for right upper extremity radiculopathy and service connection for bilateral clawfoot was withdrawn by the Veteran, thus the Board has no jurisdiction to review these appeals.