The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral fasciitis, status post left plantar fasciectomy with heel spur resection, was denied as the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on the current evidence.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran's left foot condition did not present pronounced symptoms such as marked pronation, extreme tenderness of plantar surfaces of the feet, or severe spasm of the tendo Achilles on manipulation, which are required for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5276.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral fasciitis, left plantar fasciectomy with heel spur resection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1405023
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis and any non-service connected conditions that may be contributing to his symptoms. The case will be reconsidered after this additional development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus, bilateral plantar calluses, and bilateral fasciitis, finding that his disability did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral pes planus, bilateral plantar calluses, and bilateral fasciitis, as well as his claim for an increased rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, tinea cruris. The RO is instructed to obtain VA treatment records since November 1996, schedule the veteran for a VA examination of his feet, and prepare a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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