The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis were initially manifested by chronic tenderness of the plantar surface of each foot following his service discharge. From February 27, 2009, the medical evidence demonstrates increased foot pain, to include a stinging sensation, of such severity as to interfere with ambulation or requiring the Veteran to get off his feet to reduce the pain.,The criteria for a separate, initial 10 percent evaluation for pes planus and plantar fasciitis of the right foot with inferior calcaneal spur, and for a separate, initial 10 percent evaluation for pes planus and plantar fasciitis of the left foot with inferior calcaneal spur are met prior to February 27, 2009. The criteria for a separate, initial 20 percent evaluation for pes planus and plantar fasciitis of the right foot with inferior calcaneal spur, and for a separate, initial 20 percent evaluation for pes planus and plantar fasciitis of the left foot with inferior calcaneal spur are met from February 27, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis were productive of moderate disability prior to February 27, 2009, warranting a separate initial evaluation under DC 5284. From that date, the criteria for a separate, initial 20 percent evaluation for each foot under DC 5284 are met.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis with inferior calcaneal spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1413892
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