The Board has granted service connection for cold weather injury to the nose, Achilles tendonitis of the right ankle, left ankle disability (including osteoarthritis), and bilateral heel spurs. The veteran's right shoulder condition is not considered service-connected.
The deciding factor: Service records show in-service injuries and current diagnoses align with these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cold weather injury to the nose, Achilles tendonitis of the right ankle, left ankle disability, to include osteoarthritis, bilateral heel spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0434055
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to inadequate reasons or bases in the August 2024 decision. The case is being remanded to obtain a new VA medical opinion that considers the severity of the Veteran's right ankle disability without the ameliorative effects of medications as required by Jones, 26 Vet. App. 56, and Ingram, 38 Vet. App. 130.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of bilateral heel spurs and peripheral neuropathy in the feet. The VA clinician is asked to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are causally or etiologically related to the Veteran's self-reported stress fractures and wearing ill-fitting shoes during service.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for bilateral ankle tendonitis and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted a 70 percent rating, and TDIU is denied. Several service connection claims are remanded.
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