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

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for low back disability and left hip disability are dismissed. A 50 percent disability rating is granted for bilateral pes planus.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus was denied because the new evidence submitted did not relate to the issue of entitlement to service connection.

The Veteran's appeal of the initial ratings for unspecified anxiety disorder and bilateral hearing loss is denied. The Board finds that the most persuasive evidence does not support a higher rating than 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder or noncompensable for bilateral hearing loss.,The Veteran's appeals regarding service connection for migraines, right shoulder disability, left foot disability (pes planus), right foot disability (pes planus), and right knee disability are remanded. The appeal of service connection for sleep apnea is also remanded.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral pes planus and gout, finding no evidence of their onset in service or a link to service. Service connection is also denied for weight loss as there is no current disability.,Service connection for numbness in the left fingers is remanded due to insufficient medical examination.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for service-connected bilateral pes planus and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are being remanded due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, specifically whether it is secondary to a service-connected disability or caused by obesity. The examiner must provide opinions on both causation and aggravation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus, right foot due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cervicalgia, leg length discrepancy, residuals of left great toenail removal, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as there is no evidence of a current disability during the period on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied due to his failure to report for VA examinations without providing good cause.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis is dismissed due to procedural issues.,Earlier effective dates of February 8, 2006 are granted for service connection for syncope and left and right knee strains.

The Board denied service connection for a foot disability, including bilateral plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spurs, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for higher staged ratings for her bilateral foot disorders, acquired psychiatric disorder, or migraine headaches.

The Board has granted effective dates of January 28, 2016, and September 15, 1995 for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and bilateral plantar fasciitis respectively.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in the pre-decisional process, including an inadequate VA examination and failure to address aggravation of the claimed condition.

The Veteran's service-connected right and left foot disabilities, as well as his GERD, were restored to a 30 percent evaluation effective July 1, 2020.

The Veteran's bilateral foot disorder is rated at a 30 percent rating from February 19, 2019, and the Board has granted this rating. The effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits is set to February 19, 2019.

The Board denied reinstatement of the Veteran's appeal due to his VA Form 9 not being timely filed in response to a March 2020 statement of the case.

The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied as he does not have a current disability recognized by VA.,An initial rating of 10 percent, but no higher, is granted for the Veteran's right great toe scar due to pain.,An initial rating of 10 percent, but no higher, is granted for the Veteran's service-connected right foot disability (onychomycosis).

The Veteran's need for regular aid and attendance was not due to her service-connected disabilities, but rather the effects of her non-service-connected terminal metastatic colon cancer. The Board denied the claim for SMC based on aid and attendance.