The veteran's degenerative arthritis of the left ankle is now rated at 30 percent, reflecting marked limitation of motion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's left ankle joint had severe limitations due to pain and ankylosis with arthrosis and exostosis from remaining loose bone fragments.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0428480
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed as he withdrew his appeal with respect to all the issues.
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