The Board has granted secondary service connection for arthritis of the right ankle and a low back disorder, finding that these conditions are related to the veteran's service-connected right ankle injury. The initial evaluation is set at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows degenerative joint disease in both the right ankle and low back, with no direct link to active service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Arthritis of the right ankle"}, {"condition_name":"Low back disorder"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636879
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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.
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