The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for his right ankle strain and conjunctivitis, as well as service connection for prostatitis. The appellant was granted service connection for these conditions in a previous decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support granting higher disability ratings or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle strain, conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0004002
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle strain, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right ankle strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is etiologically related to an in-service right ankle sprain.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial evaluation of 20 percent for left and right ankle strains, denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded claims for hypertension and gout.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence that it met a compensable level during the period on appeal.
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