The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a fracture to the right distal tibia do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show ankylosis or other conditions that would justify a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0615011
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected traumatic arthritis of the right ankle warrants a 40 percent rating, which is the highest available under Diagnostic Code 5270 for ankylosis of the ankle.
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