The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left ankle disability as secondary to his service-connected plantar fasciitis and an increased rating for his service-connected plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not reveal any evidence of swelling, tenderness, skin discoloration or skin temperature changes related to the veteran's left foot conditions. The functional loss due to pain was minimal.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disability, plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2001
- Citation
- 0103192
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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