The Board has granted service connection for right foot tendonitis, right foot pes planus, right foot crush injury, and right foot plantar fasciitis, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by the Veteran's reported in-service incident of a 100-pound projectile falling on his right foot.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in relative equipoise, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and granting service connection for all claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot tendonitis, right foot pes planus, right foot crush injury, right foot plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21029658
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right foot and left foot plantar fasciitis, finding that there was no credible evidence to support the claim of in-service onset or relationship to service.
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