The Board has determined that the veteran's traumatic arthritis of the left ankle does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners characterized the limitation of motion as slight or mild, and there are no other functional limitations resulting from the left ankle disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Left Ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0000715
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic arthritis of the left ankle with pain on motion is remanded due to lack of evidence meeting the criteria for such a rating. Other service connection claims are also remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning December 1, 2010 due to his service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left ankle disability more nearly approximates marked limitation of motion, warranting a 20 percent rating since July 2008.
- Granted
The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the left ankle was determined to have begun during service and is granted as direct service connection.
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