The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left foot pes planus with plantar fasciitis, both before and after May 18, 2018.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of entitlement to higher ratings due to the lack of objective evidence of marked deformity or extreme tenderness in the plantar surfaces of the foot.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot pes planus with plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25005145
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Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
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