The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and bilateral tinnitus. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was denied. Other claims were either granted or remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current disabilities are related to his experiences during active duty service, including hard landing impacts when jumping as a paratrooper and the progression of his back disability leading to radicular pain in the lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral plantar fasciitis, Acquired psychiatric disability (adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood), Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, Pain of the left ankle, Pain of the right ankle, Arthritis of the left knee, Arthritis of the right knee, Sciatic radicular pain, right lower leg (secondary to service-connected lumbar spine disability), Sciatic radicular pain, left lower leg (secondary to service-connected lumbar spine disability), Bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088838
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and other disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since December 29, 2020. Effective from that date, the Veteran is granted TDIU and SMC housebound.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and lumbar spine was granted with effective dates of May 13, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) secondary to bilateral plantar fasciitis and left shoulder tendinitis due to inadequate medical opinion regarding causation.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine was diagnosed during service and has continued since then. The Board granted service connection for this condition based on continuity of symptomatology.
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