Foot (incl. plantar fasciitis, flat feet) Board decisions

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus and a left calcaneal spur is granted. The RO will conduct further development to determine the etiology of the calcaneal spur and its relationship to the service-connected pes planus.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral knee and pes planus disabilities did not increase in severity during service, and his respiratory disability was not incurred or aggravated by service. As a result, these claims are denied.

The VA denied a higher evaluation for the veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus, which was rated at 10 percent since May 27, 1997.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a back disability and awarded a 10% disability rating for his service-connected bilateral pes planus. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen the previously denied claim.

The Board denied an increase in a 10 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus, finding that the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral pes planus and pes varus, finding that there was no evidence to show an increase in severity during service or current manifestations.

The Board denied service connection for night sweats, flat feet, and a compensable rating for tinea pedis. The veteran's claims were not supported by medical evidence of current disabilities or a nexus to his military service.

The Board has reopened the claims for pes planus, but denied the claims for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus as new and material evidence was not presented. The veteran's current conditions are considered to be service-connected based on direct service connection due to their onset in service or natural progression.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected metatarsalgia with pes planus, finding that it is pronounced and more nearly approximates the criteria for a 50 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5276.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, finding that the veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate the criteria for this higher evaluation.

The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for headaches and a separate 10 percent evaluation for the veteran's left foot disorder, effective from December 1995. The right foot disorder continues to be evaluated at 10 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected bilateral pes planus, finding that the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable VA Schedule of Ratings.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for defective vision, increased evaluations for his right index finger disability and bilateral pes planus. The evidence submitted since the June 1955 RO decision was not new and material to reopen the claim for defective vision.

The Board has granted a 50 percent evaluation for the veteran's bilateral pes planus, which is characterized as severe flatfootedness with objective evidence of marked deformity and pain on use. The veteran's orthopedic shoes only helped to a limited extent.

The Board found that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus, which was previously denied in November 1988.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for entitlement to a disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's bilateral flat feet, for accrued benefits purposes. The evidence did not reveal pronounced symptomatology prior to the veteran's death that would warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5276.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected left foot disability and denied secondary service connection for a claimed left knee disability.

The veteran's lumbosacral strain is currently rated at 20 percent, effective May 4, 2000. His bilateral pes planus is rated as 30 percent disabling. The Board has also granted a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral pes planus and granted an increased evaluation for his healed stress fracture of the left tibia. The veteran now receives a 10 percent evaluation from December 24, 1997 to December 27, 1998, and a higher evaluation on and after December 28, 1998.

The veteran's service-connected low back, left foot, and right foot disabilities have been rated as 20%, 10%, and 10% respectively. The RO has denied increased ratings for all of these conditions.