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

The veteran's service-connected chronic plantar fasciitis, left, is rated at 20 percent. The veteran's service-connected sinusitis remains at a 10 percent rating.

The veteran's left foot disability, which includes a crush injury with compartment syndrome, is currently rated at 20 percent. The Board has determined that the condition warrants an increased rating to 30 percent based on severe functional impairment due to pain and fibrosis of the intrinsic muscles.

The Board denied the veteran's service connection claims for residuals of a back injury and chronic pes planus. The timeliness of his substantive appeals for other conditions was also denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased disability ratings for his service-connected right sacroiliac joint tenderness with a history of low back strain, bilateral pes planus, chondromalacia of the left knee, and chondromalacia of the right knee.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks. The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for PTSD, effective from the date of the original grant of service connection.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and development of his claim for an increased disability rating for bilateral pes planus.

The Board has determined that the appellant's preexisting pes planus was aggravated by service, and he is now entitled to service connection for his bilateral foot disorder consisting of pes planus (including bulging talus, hammertoes, and hallux valgus).

The Board found that the veteran did not file timely substantive appeals for his initial grant of service connection and denied jurisdiction to consider these issues. The claim for a higher evaluation for lumbosacral strain was granted, but the rating assigned (40%) is maintained as sufficient evidence supports this determination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral pes planus in April 1991, finding no new and material evidence. The case is now reopened based on additional evidence submitted since then.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus and granted service connection for right ankle and bone spur disability, Raynaud's syndrome, and fracture of the right 4th finger. The veteran is seeking a compensable evaluation for his right 4th finger.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that his suicide was not due to a service-connected disability and thus denying the claim.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral foot disability and back disability. The additional evidence received since the February 1997 rating determination was deemed insufficient to change this decision.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations, finding no evidence of current disabilities that meet VA standards for recognition as a disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, and for initial noncompensable ratings for sinusitis and multiple uterine fibroids with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The evidence did not support a finding of current disability related to these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for flat feet in November 1992. The new evidence submitted since then does not show that his flat feet disability was incurred or aggravated during service, and thus the claim is denied.

The Board denied service connection for pes planus and did not assign a rating for the fractures of the fingers or low back strain. The appeal is considered 'denied' as no new evaluation was granted.

The RO denied the veteran's increased rating claim for service-connected bilateral pes planus, currently rated at 10 percent.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and granted service connection for pes planus, finding that it was aggravated by active duty.