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

The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to assess the severity and manifestations of bilateral plantar fascitis due to inadequate pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the service connection claims for bilateral ankle disability, back disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral shoulder disability, acid reflux, headaches, and bilateral foot disability due to a need for private medical records and VA examinations.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for diabetic neuropathy, depression, inability to sleep and panic attacks, flat feet, and plantar fasciitis as the Veteran withdrew her request.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a link to active duty, particularly given the Veteran's discharge under dishonorable conditions following conviction at a general court-martial.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to a lack of evidence showing that any service-connected disabilities result in loss of use of lower extremities or other qualifying conditions.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for sleep apnea and nummular dermatitis, eczema, but denied a higher disability rating for left foot metatarsalgia fracture, with Morton's neuroma, hammer toes, hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, plantar fasciitis, pes planus and degenerative arthritis, and an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right elbow lateral epicondylitis, left elbow lateral epicondylitis, and plantar fasciitis as no new and relevant evidence was submitted since the April 2020 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for right foot and left foot plantar fasciitis, finding that the conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, a bilateral elbow condition, a bilateral hip condition, a bilateral knee condition, a bilateral wrist condition, a left ankle condition, a neck condition, an eye strain, and a sinus condition.

The appeal is remanded for a VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's preexisting bilateral pes planus, bilateral foot stress fracture, and bilateral hallux valgus disorders were aggravated by service.

The Board granted service connection for left foot plantar fasciitis, right wrist ganglion cyst, right knee disorder and left knee disorder as they are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and bilateral tinnitus. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was denied. Other claims were either granted or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine condition and gastroesophageal reflux disease, while remanding the claims for left knee, right knee, bilateral hip, and pes planus/plantar fasciitis conditions.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, but denied service connection for headaches, left hand disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, right foot disability, right arm/shoulder disability, diabetes, and individual unemployability. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was granted.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for left foot pes planus, an earlier effective date for service connection of pes planus, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral pes planus, right and left upper extremity essential tremors, and unspecified depressive disorder with mild anxious distress due to missing service treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for left knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome and plantar fasciitis (bilateral feet pain) based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset during active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral foot disability to obtain additional evidence, including outstanding VA treatment records and private medical records.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's explicit withdrawal of his claims for increased ratings and service connection, with full understanding of the consequences.