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

The veteran withdrew all appeals related to the claims for service connection and ratings of various conditions, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood, bilateral pes planus, right lower extremity shin splint with ACL sprain, laryngitis, erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including knee pain, back pain, and anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of current hearing loss or disabling scars, and that her plantar fasciitis did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The appeal of the proposed action to sever service connection for a chronic left foot disability, to include corns and calluses, was dismissed. The Board also denied service connection for an allergen disability and remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and bilateral heel spurs (secondary to lumbosacral strain), but denied service connection for bilateral tenosynovitis of the foot/ankle and bilateral tibialis tendinitis.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and left lower extremity radiculopathy, but remanded the claims for other lumbar spine disabilities, sinus disability, left knee disability, bilateral foot disability, left shoulder disability, and a compensable evaluation for a left arm wrist burn.

The Board remands the claims for further evidentiary development and readjudication due to non-compliance with prior remand directives.

The Board remands the issues of whether there was clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in prior rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions, as an SOC has not yet been issued.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for sleep apnea, a migraine headache disorder, and bilateral tinea pedis as they were not proper appeals under the Appeals Management Act appellate system.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection and denied increased ratings, as there was no evidence supporting a diagnosis of TBI, adiposity-based chronic disease, or carpal tunnel syndrome related to service. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to a previous grant of service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle and right foot disability as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the current disabilities were not related to service.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a back disability, hearing loss, poor vision, right foot disability, and left foot disability due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including hearing impairment, tinnitus, hypertension, Parkinson's disease, hypothyroidism, melanoma, acne, COPD, and left and right foot disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation beyond its natural progression during service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for his right foot disability with pes planus and plantar fasciitis, finding that the evidence did not support an increased rating.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and left foot residuals of surgery.

The appeal for service connection for mesothelioma was denied, while the claims for bilateral flat foot (pes planus) with gout, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and diverticulitis were remanded.

The Board granted an effective date of November 1, 2022, but no earlier, for the assignment of a 50 percent disability rating for the service-connected flatfoot with plantar fascial fibromatosis.

The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, effective February 8, 2021.

The appeal for an increased rating and service connection has been withdrawn by the Veteran.