The veteran's bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis is currently rated at 10 percent disabling, and the Board finds no basis for assignment of a higher disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not reflect symptomatology that warrants a higher disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0109245
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and earlier effective date based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in prior rating decisions.
- Partly granted
The Board restored the 50% rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and the 70% rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the reductions were improper. The claim for a disability rating in excess of 50% for migraines was denied.
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