The Veteran's appeal regarding the entitlement to service connection for left heel bone spur and bilateral plantar fascitis has been dismissed due to a withdrawal request by the Veteran through his authorized representative.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal, as notified prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left heel bone spur, bilateral plantar fascitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23039396
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the Board Appeal request was not timely filed with respect to the rating decision issued on October 11, 2022.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to May 2, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to assess the severity and manifestations of bilateral plantar fascitis due to inadequate pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral plantar fascitis was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
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