The Board granted an increased rating to 20 percent effective September 30, 1999 for the veteran's service-connected right Achilles tendon injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed marked loss of range of motion and subjective complaints of pain due to the service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Achilles tendon injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0520811
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right Achilles tendon disability is rated at 20 percent since January 21, 2019.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's right Achilles tendon injury did not warrant a higher evaluation prior to September 2, 2004. From September 2, 2004 onwards, it warranted a 20% evaluation.
- Granted
Your current rating for the residuals of your right Achilles tendon injury is 20 percent, effective December 15, 2004. This reflects a moderate limitation of motion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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