The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for plantar fasciitis, right foot and remanded the issue of entitlement to a compensable rating for tinea versicolor, neck due to inadequate examination reports.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an increased rating as it showed that the Veteran's right foot plantar fasciitis disability had manifested only to objective evidence of marked deformity, pain on manipulation and use accentuated, with essentially no relief from surgical or non-surgical treatment of the foot, which is commensurate of a 20 percent evaluation under both DC 5276 and DC 5269.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar fasciitis, right foot, Tinea versicolor, neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25005925
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's DJD, left foot and right foot are granted service connection. The Veteran's pes planus, left foot and right foot, as well as his plantar fasciitis in both feet, are also granted service connection. However, the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right knee strain is remanded due to its potential secondary nature to multiple service-connected foot disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for plantar fasciitis, right foot, and dismissed the issue of entitlement to an increased rating for service-connected inflammation of the anterior tibial nerve (right lower extremity neuropathy, peroneal and sural nerves).
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent initial disability rating for right big toe sprain and denied an increased rating for plantar fasciitis, right foot. The right ankle Achilles tendinitis issue was remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for plantar calluses and plantar fasciitis, left and right foot, to obtain a medical addendum opinion.
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