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

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and increased the rating for right knee instability to 30 percent, effective April 25, 2024, while denying other claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a bilateral foot disability other than pes planus due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and earlier effective date based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in prior rating decisions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a condition of the feet, to include bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and tinnitus, while denying service connection for various other conditions including acne, right wrist disability, back disability, neck disability, left hand disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, migraines headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and hearing loss.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension, but denied higher ratings for scars of the left and right thigh, plantar fasciitis of the left foot, hip and knee osteoarthritis, and service connection for various conditions including erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine pain, TBI, and cervical spine pain.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, unspecified anxiety disorder, seborrheic dermatitis, and denied increased ratings for left shoulder disability, myalgia, left-hand disability, right-hand disability, right shoulder disability, kidney stones, plantar fasciitis, lung disability, actinic keratosis, and squamous cell carcinoma. The Board remanded service connection claims for several conditions.

The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for depressive disorder with anxiety and service connection for insomnia, while denying service connection for OSA and plantar fascitis.

The appeal concerning the service connection for various conditions was withdrawn by the Veteran before the Board promulgated a decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for eligibility for specially adapted housing, a special home adaptation grant, and financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment. The claim of CUE in the September 14, 2017, rating decision was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for right hand little finger healed fracture and bilateral foot pes planus, while denying service connection for various other conditions including sinusitis, headaches, and sciatica. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for asthma.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and an initial 10 percent rating for a headache disability, while denying ratings in excess of 40 percent for a low back disability and any compensable rating for allergic rhinitis. Service connection was granted for tinnitus and bilateral foot disabilities but denied for other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, foot disability (bilateral plantar fasciitis), and back disability (claimed as pain of lumbar spine, to include as secondary to bilateral plantar fasciitis) due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis but granted a 10 percent rating, but not greater, for right and left knee scars.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral pes planus, and lumbosacral strain due to procedural defects in the appeal process.

The Board granted service connection for chronic bronchitis, finding a link to presumed in-service herbicide exposure. The claims for bilateral pes planus and right leg condition (including right knee) were remanded for further evidence.

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral pes planus is dismissed as a matter of law.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include generalized anxiety disorder; a cervical spine disability; bursitis in the right hand and fingers; and bilateral plantar fasciitis due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative disease, cervical strain, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, and migraine and occipital headaches. Service connection was denied for bilateral pes planus, papillary thyroid carcinoma, status post partial left thyroidectomy, and left foot hallux valgus.

The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability, a right leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder diagnosed as PTSD, and tinnitus. The evaluation for hypertension was denied, and the reduction in rating for CAD was found to be improper.