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 assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0218697
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What this means for you
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