The Board dismissed the Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis with degenerative arthritis as moot, given that he has already been awarded a 100% combined schedular rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain substantially gainful employment, but the claim for TDIU based solely on his bilateral plantar fasciitis with degenerative arthritis is dismissed as moot due to his already established 100% combined schedular rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar fasciitis with degenerative arthritis, metatarsalgia, anterior (Morton's disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25014058
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50% rating for bilateral pes planus prior to April 12, 2021 and denied a higher rating from that date. It also granted an initial 30% rating for bilateral plantar fasciitis with degenerative arthritis.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of various conditions as they have already been granted in a previous rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Board has already decided the claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis with degenerative arthritis prior to October 26, 2021. The case is dismissed as there is no longer a justiciable issue before the Board.
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