The appeal for service connection for bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel spur and tenosynovitis, right foot hammer toes, and left foot hammer toes is dismissed as the August 2024 rating decision granted service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no case or controversy regarding the issues of service connection, as the claims were fully adjudicated in favor of the Veteran with a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel spur and tenosynovitis, right foot hammer toes, left foot hammer toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- 24031514
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a few granted evaluations.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right foot hammer toes but denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for right foot hallux valgus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left foot plantar fasciitis and right foot hammer toes as secondary to pes planus, but denied service connection for a right foot disorder other than pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and hammer toes and a left foot disorder other than pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and hammer toes of both feet due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors by the RO.
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