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Depends. According to the DSM-V, "a paraphilia that is currently causing distress or impairment to the individual or a paraphilia whose satisfaction has entailed personal harm, or risk of harm, to others." Qualifies for paraphilic disorder. Otherwise it's just a paraphilia, an unusual sexual interest.

So a guy who's plenty happy only finding feet to be erotic and does that with only consenting adults, that's not disordered.

A guy who only finds feet to be erotic and this causes him great distress? That's disordered. Several treatment avenues, including sex-drive reducing medication and/or coming to terms with it.

A guy who is perfectly happy being only into feet but goes around trying to lick the soles of unsuspecting passers-by and sees no problem with that? Disordered.