The veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection were denied. The left ankle disability was rated at 30 percent, with a separate 10 percent evaluation for the associated scarring. Service connection was granted for muscle spasms as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or service connection under the applicable diagnostic codes and laws.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue, generalized joint pain, hematuria, muscle spasms, residuals of a fracture of the left fibula with reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0413514
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