The Veteran's right and left foot disabilities have been rated as 10 percent disabling each, with no new evidence to reopen the claims for knee disorders. The current ratings are considered appropriate.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any additional limitation of motion or functional impairment due to pain, fatigue, weakness, or lack of endurance in either foot and toes, which is consistent with the current 10 percent ratings assigned under Diagnostic Code 5280 for hallux valgus.
- Claimed conditions
- Hallux Valgus of the Right Foot, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1618771
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus of the left and right feet are rated at their maximum allowable levels, and no higher ratings can be assigned.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, increased ratings for bilateral plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia, and for left foot pes planus. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for her increased rating of bilateral plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right and left elbow disabilities, thoracic and lumbar spine disabilities, right knee disability (other than Osgood-Schlatter's disease), left knee disability (other than Osgood-Schlatter's disease), and compensation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 for an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left foot disability, characterized by degenerative joint disease and a plantar fibroma, is rated at 10 percent. The Board also granted the Veteran's request for TDIU effective July 1, 2015.
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