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

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including new medical examinations and opinions to address the claimed conditions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and xerosis of the feet, finding that these conditions are directly related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.

The Board granted service connection for a right groin disability and chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, restored the 10% rating for right hip femoral acetabular syndrome and tendonitis, denied CUE in the November 2018 rating decision, dismissed an earlier effective date claim, and remanded several other issues.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, as well as service connection for rhinitis, higher ratings for lumbar spine disability and left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, finding that there is enough evidence to support this claim despite some conflicting opinions.

The Board remands the matter of service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis to obtain a more comprehensive medical opinion.

The Board granted initial 10 percent ratings for chronic urticaria, stomach scar, right shin splints, left shin splints, right knee strain, and left knee strain. The claim for an initial compensable rating for esophageal stricture was denied.

The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral plantar fasciitis with foot disorder and dismissed the claim of CUE in the April 2009 rating decision.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for attorney fees based on past-due benefits from an April 2024 decision that awarded service connection for left foot pes planus.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee, and left hip disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's lumbar spine disability. An earlier effective date of August 19, 2009, was also granted for a TDIU.

The Board denied entitlement to earlier effective dates for a TDIU and DEA benefits, as the evidence did not show that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 28, 2010.

The Board granted separate disability ratings of 30 percent for the Veteran's right and left foot stress fractures with plantar fasciitis, effective from August 22, 2017, through February 7, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various conditions.

The Board denied service connection for left knee osteoarthritis, a left ankle disability as secondary to the left knee condition, and left plantar fasciitis as secondary to the left knee condition.

The Board denied service connection for pes planus and a history of drug and alcohol abuse, while remanding the claim for a left knee disability due to a duty to assist error.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to August 28, 2023, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, memory loss, Persian Gulf Veteran with a qualifying chronic disability, right foot disability, sleep apnea, dental disability (loose teeth) for compensation purposes, sinusitis, muscle pain in whole body, and stomach disability. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was denied as earlier than December 1, 2023.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for service connection for radiculopathy of the femoral and sciatic nerves, but denied it for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine and bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis. Agent fees were awarded in part.

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, granted initial evaluations of 20 percent for radiculopathy in the left and right lower extremities, and dismissed a claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction.