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

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for bilateral pes planus with calcaneal heel spur from July 21, 2021, to September 15, 2021, but a higher rating is not warranted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee meniscal tear, bilateral plantar fasciitis, cervical spine surgery, and radiculopathies as secondary to cervical spine surgery due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted service connection for acquired bilateral pes planus with right foot posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and restored service connection for status post right and left total knee replacements, effective May 1, 2018.

The Board remands the case for further consideration of an extraschedular rating, special monthly compensation, and a separate disability rating for skin problems related to pes planus.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right and left ankle disabilities effective April 16, 2021, but denied a temporary total evaluation for the left foot disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of bilateral pes planus to obtain a VA medical opinion on whether the condition was aggravated by service or any service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, to include bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus, finding that the condition was aggravated during military service.

The Board granted service connection for joint pain and frost nip of the left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot, left shoulder, right shoulder, and left knee. The claim for chronic fatigue syndrome was denied, as well as the claims for a respiratory condition and sleep apnea.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder, but denied increased ratings for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and lateral collateral ligament sprain with instability, left ankle.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hand, right hand, left foot, and right foot disabilities due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hallux valgus with degenerative arthritis in both feet and remanded a claim for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions but granted a 20 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity.

The Board granted service connection for a left foot disability, right foot disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability based on the evidence showing that these disabilities are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted a higher initial disability rating of 10 percent for the service-connected right foot disability, effective from March 12, 2012. The earlier effective date for service connection was denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, asthma, migraines, lumbar strain, bilateral pes planus, and tinnitus, as well as an earlier effective date for the increased rating of 30 percent for migraines.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied the claims for visual impairment, migraine headaches, a back disability, and a bilateral foot disability.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and denied service connection for dermatitis with eczema and psoriasis.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion that differentiates between symptoms attributed to the Veteran's service-connected foot disabilities and his non-service-connected pes planus.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a recurrent right foot disability and a recurrent left foot disability for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral arm disability, back disability, GERD, neck disability, bilateral leg disability, bilateral foot disability, sleep apnea, headache disability, sinusitis, and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.