The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for bilateral flat feet with plantar fasciitis effective March 14, 2014, but no earlier. The issue of an earlier effective date was remanded.

The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced in finding that the Veteran's condition more closely approximates the criteria for a 50 percent disability rating from March 14, 2014 to April 9, 2016.

Claimed conditions

bilateral flat feet with plantar fasciitis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

50%

Decision date

January 31, 2025

Citation

25001462

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