The Board granted a higher (compensable) rating of 10 percent for the veteran's residuals of fracture of the left tibia and fibula, effective May 6, 2004.
The deciding factor: The VA joints examination showed slight knee or ankle disability due to malunion of the left tibia and fibula.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left tibia and fibula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0411371
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Decisions by this judge: 685 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board's August 1968 decision, which denied an increased evaluation for residuals of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula, is void ab initio due to failure to apply proper reduction criteria. The prior rating of 20 percent is restored as of December 1, 1968.
- Granted
The VA has granted a 20 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula, characterized by malunion with moderate knee or ankle disability.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected residuals of fracture to the left tibia and fibula are currently rated at 20 percent, which is appropriate given his moderate knee and ankle disabilities. The low back disability has been granted as secondary to the service-connected fractures.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula is being remanded due to inadequate VCAA notice, need for new VA examination, and incomplete medical records.
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