The Board has granted service connection for left foot tendonitis and right foot tendonitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided support that the Veteran’s current left and right foot tendonitis are proximately due to his service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot tendonitis, right foot tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20074738
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
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