The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right ankle, which is currently service-connected. The medical evidence supports a finding that this disability is related to the veteran's in-service injury.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions linking current reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right ankle to service and/or to the veteran's service-connected right ankle disability are relevant and probative to the issue at hand.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0111733
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