The Board granted service connection for cervicalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral popliteal entrapment syndrome, and assigned a 30 percent rating for headache syndrome from October 21, 2016 to January 22, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's cervicalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral popliteal entrapment syndrome are related to her active duty service. The reasonable doubt created by this relative equipoise in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- cervicalgia, bilateral plantar fasciitis, bilateral popliteal entrapment syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23000553
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervicalgia, jaw disability, stomach disability, and drug abuse as the evidence did not support a finding of an in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted a separate rating of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis effective February 1, 2023.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder due to another medical condition with depressive features and generalized anxiety disorder, denied a higher rating for his migraine including migraine variants, and denied ratings for other conditions.
- Denied
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