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

The Board denied service connection for bilateral shoulder, left wrist, bilateral hip, and left ankle disabilities as there is no current disability. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and active duty service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, pes planus in both feet, and a hammer toe on the left foot due to lack of evidence of current disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant as he does not have a permanent and total service-connected disability that meets the criteria.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request and no good cause was shown for the late filing.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for vertigo and denied service connection for Meniere's disease, pes planus, hypertension, and sleep apnea.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for a bilateral flat feet condition was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board denied service connection for flat foot, pes planus, right, as the evidence did not support an in-service injury or a causal relationship between the condition and military service.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the docketing process.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, diagnosed as plantar fasciitis, and a right shoulder disability, diagnosed as right shoulder strain. The claims for left knee, right knee, and lipoma were denied.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, chronic cough syndrome, left and right ankle disabilities, right shoulder disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, earlier effective dates for PTSD and non-painful right index finger scar, and a higher rating for painful right index finger scar. However, the Veteran was granted an initial 50 percent rating for service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for plantar fasciitis due to a need for an addendum opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination and opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed left foot disability, to include the left foot bone spurs found on the February 2024 x-ray.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and tarsal tunnel syndrome, finding that the conditions are related to in-service injuries and overuse.

The Board denied service connection for flat feet and a back disability as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or that the conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD, granted a 20 percent rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome, and denied ratings higher than 10 percent for left knee strain with arthritis and a compensable initial rating for right ear hearing loss. The Board also denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, left hip arthralgia, right hip arthralgia, right foot pes planus and plantar fasciitis, status post subtalar joint arthrodesis (right foot condition), and candida infections but granted service connection for left leg lower extremity radiculopathy and right leg lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, left foot plantar fasciitis with bilateral pes planus, and right ankle chronic instability but denied service connection for a left groin strain.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including heart condition, lung condition, peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities, bilateral plantar fasciitis with bone spurs, left kidney cyst, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C, migraine, and chronic allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied service connection for right and left foot disabilities, an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and an effective date prior to October 28, 2022, for the grant of service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability. The claims for service connection for residuals of a laceration to the right index and middle fingers and tinnitus were remanded.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for bilateral pes planus (flatfoot) and remanded the claim for a right knee disability.