The Board granted service connection for right and left tarsal tunnel syndrome based on the Veteran's credible lay statements of ongoing symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's reports were probative, despite a negative VA examination opinion, due to continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- right tarsal tunnel syndrome, left tarsal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25008210
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate compensable evaluation of 20 percent for right tarsal tunnel syndrome affecting the anterior crural (femoral) nerve and a separate compensable evaluation of 30 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis, while denying increased evaluations in excess of 10 percent for right and left tarsal tunnel syndrome.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, except for a 20% rating from July 28, 2011 for left and right tarsal tunnel syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the criteria for evaluating musculoskeletal disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a higher rating of left and right tarsal tunnel syndrome due to inadequate examination reports and lack of sufficient information.
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