The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected fracture of the right tibia and fibula with post-traumatic arthritis warrants a disability rating of 30 percent, effective from September 11, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated marked ankle disability as evidenced by functional limitation on standing and walking, pain over the right ankle joint when walking, non-pitting edema over the right leg, and osteoarthritis in the right ankle with post-traumatic component. Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of the right ankle were both limited to 10 degrees during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- right tibia and fibula fracture, post-traumatic arthritis, right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0218697
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, a rating in excess of 20 percent for a right ulna fracture, and a rating in excess of 30 percent for a right tibia and fibula fracture prior to September 1, 2019, and in excess of 40 percent thereafter have been dismissed. The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for persistent depressive disorder is remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and providing a VA examination to assess the Veteran's functional impairment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evidentiary development, including clarification of the presence or absence of malunion/nonunion in both left and right tibia and fibula fractures.
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