The Board has granted a 30 percent initial disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, effective from the date of the August 2007 decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted in July 2007, January 2004, and September 2003 provided evidence that supported a finding of moderate disability with weight-bearing over or medial to the great toe, inward bowing of the Achilles tendon alignment, pain on manipulation and use of the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1004563
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of an evaluation higher than 30 percent for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, as well as service connection for a lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), to correct the AOJ's error in providing notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disabilities, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, tinnitus, chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, digestive disabilities including irritable bowel syndrome with abdominal pain and nausea, pelvic organ disabilities, iron deficiency anemia, and genital herpes. Service connection was denied for acne, tendonitis, fibromyalgia, painful joints, left shin splints, right shin splints, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, left carpal tunnel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome, respiratory infection, GERD, PTSD, anxiety condition, manic-depressive reaction, and psychiatric disorder other than unspecified depressive disorder with symptoms of suicidal ideation. An initial 50% rating was granted for the service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 21, 2022, for the assignment of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, tension headaches, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
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