The Board has granted service connection for a chronic right ankle sprain and bilateral knee strain, finding that these conditions are likely due to injuries sustained during active duty.
The deciding factor: Service medical records show documented injuries to the veteran's right ankle and knees in service, which have been linked by VA examiners to current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle sprain, bilateral knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0406060
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the service-connected right ankle sprain, but denied an increased rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral knee strain, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bronchial asthma, bilateral knee strain, and lumbosacral strain due to a procedural defect in docketing.
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