The Board granted restoration of a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected RIGHT foot plantar fasciitis, effective September 1, 2023, and denied service connection for a RIGHT knee condition based on in-service aggravation of a preexisting condition.
The deciding factor: The reduction in the disability rating from 30 percent to 10 percent was not proper as it did not reflect an improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work when considering the impact of his right foot symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- RIGHT knee condition, RIGHT foot plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25016023
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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