The Board has granted service connection for left heel bone spurs, finding that the veteran's current condition is attributable to his military service. Service connection for residuals of a left Achilles tendon rupture was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's left ankle condition is not at least as likely as not to have begun during or be causally related to his service, based on the absence of any in-service injury and negative VA opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left Achilles tendon rupture, left heel bone spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0607730
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.
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