The Board granted service connection and a noncompensable rating for a left foot disability (plantar fasciitis) and falling arches. The Veteran's complaints of left foot pain, including plantar fasciitis, were noted in his service treatment records and post-service medical records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's complaints of left foot pain, including plantar fasciitis, were documented in his service treatment records and post-service medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability (plantar fasciitis), falling arches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18126986
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for a low back disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies, a right ankle disability, and bilateral foot disabilities (including plantar fasciitis) due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors concerning potentially relevant outstanding records from Dr. W (a podiatrist) and Dr. VD (an orthopedist).
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, left foot disability (plantar fasciitis), right hip disability (traumatic arthritis), and psychiatric disability (unspecified anxiety disorder).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right foot disability, left foot disability, right Achilles' tendonitis, and left Achilles' tendonitis, all of which are related to the Veteran's in-service performance of a physical training test in 2006.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of tonsillectomy, right ankle disability, and left foot disability (plantar fasciitis) as the evidence did not support a current disability related to these conditions.
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