The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis to schedule a new examination and readjudicate the case.
The deciding factor: The July 2022 VA medical opinion was found insufficient, as it did not adequately address whether preexisting bilateral pes planus was aggravated beyond its natural progression during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25050214
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, and tinnitus. The increased evaluation claim for pes planus was denied, as was the increase in rating for the right wrist fracture. The reduction of the right wrist rating from 10 percent to 0 percent was found improper, restoring the 10 percent rating.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, granted an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating of bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis, and remanded several claims including service connections for various disorders.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 1, 2015 for service connection for bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis, left foot hallux valgus, and right foot hallux valgus.
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