The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis are currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that they do not warrant a higher rating as there is no evidence of severe symptoms with objective evidence of marked deformity or swelling.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any evidence of severe symptoms such as marked deformity or swelling, which would justify a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus and Plantar Fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080891
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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