The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for the service-connected chronic cough, denied a higher rating for bilateral plantar fasciitis, and granted service connection for pes planus and shrunken left leg condition, to include atrophy.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's pes planus disability had its onset in active service and whether his shrunken left leg condition, to include atrophy, is proximately due to his service-connected back disability and associated sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the lower left extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cough, bilateral plantar fasciitis, pes planus (flat feet), shrunken left leg condition, to include atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091316
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