The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a left ankle disability as secondary to service-connected residuals of right ankle strain, and granted an increased rating.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the veteran supports the claim that his current left ankle condition is related to his service-connected right ankle injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ankle pain, Left ankle instability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0217878
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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