The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnosis of bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel spurs had its onset during active military service, and thus grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral foot disorder had its onset during his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1702952
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What this means for you
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