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

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for pes planus and asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, ankle, and foot disabilities as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various foot and hand disorders due to a failure to ensure that VA complied with its duty to assist the Veteran.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for increased ratings of various knee and toe conditions, as well as associated scars.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, except for a 20% rating from July 28, 2011 for left and right tarsal tunnel syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus, finding that it was not aggravated beyond its natural progression during active duty.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, to include bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, based on the aggravation of an existing condition during military service.

The Board denied service connection for a left leg condition, speech condition, and remanded the claims for a left foot disability, low back disability, increased rating for bilateral hearing loss, increased rating for tinnitus, and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, left foot disability (plantar fasciitis), right hip disability (traumatic arthritis), and psychiatric disability (unspecified anxiety disorder).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 23, 2015 for the award of service connection for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis due to the Veteran's initial claim and subsequent denial of proper notice.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis as the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate a recommendation for surgical intervention or lack of relief from both non-surgical and surgical treatment.

The Board granted service connection for a right heel strain, neck disability, lower back disability, left shoulder disability, and right foot disability based on their etiological relation to in-service injuries.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and various other disabilities due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or a link to active duty.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, neck disorder, headaches, bilateral knee disorder, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or resulted from an injury incurred in the line of duty.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral pes planus, and ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left knee disorders due to inadequate examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability characterized by pain and missed work, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's symptoms had their onset in service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a disability of the feet, to include bilateral pes planus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral pes planus and ischemic heart disease, due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including PTSD, bilateral pes planus with left plantar calcaneal spur, atopic dermatitis, and left hip trochanteric bursitis. However, the Board granted service connection for asthma due to presumed exposure during Gulf War service.