The Board has denied service connection for a stress fracture of the right heel but granted service connection for a personality disorder. The acquired psychiatric disorder issue is pending and will be remanded to the VA AMC.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established for the stress fracture due to lack of current disability, while service connection was granted for the personality disorder as it existed prior to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality disorder, Residuals of a stress fracture of the right heel
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0411410
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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