The Board found that the veteran's service-connected fracture of the right fibula does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent, and denied his claim for service connection for a right ankle disability as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a right leg fracture.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports did not show any current disability of the right ankle or any appreciable functional impairment of the right knee. The veteran's right ankle disability was not linked to service or caused by his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right fibula.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the right fibula, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608477
What this means for you
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