Granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and plantar fasciitis, finding that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions were related to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and his wearing of combat boots during active duty, respectively.
The deciding factor: The probative value of the June 2025 private medical opinion outweighed the VA examiners' opinions due to their failure to address aggravation in the case of headaches and the lack of direct evidence for plantar fasciitis's relation to service.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105341
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