The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral heel disability, including bone spurs and pain, is related to injuries sustained during service. The decision grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found sufficient evidence of a nexus between the service injuries and the current symptoms, including bone spurs and pain in both heels.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral heel disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175957
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral heel disability, as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral heel and foot disabilities, finding that they are at least as likely as not related to his military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, chronic neck and hip disabilities, bilateral tendonitis, bilateral heel disability, left ear hearing loss, peripheral neuropathy, and chronic eye disability. However, it granted service connection for a skin disability due to in-service exposure to sunlight and chemical irritants.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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