The Board has restored the veteran's 10 percent disability evaluation for bilateral ankle arthritis, effective from November 30, 2001. The claim for a higher rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to apply the correct legal standard in reducing the veteran's disability evaluation and thus applied an incorrect legal standard of proof.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0707188
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the claims for bilateral ankle arthritis, sleep apnea, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, erectile dysfunction, degenerative disc disease, cervical, bilateral plantar fasciitis with arthritis and heel spurs, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bone disease, hemorrhoids, neck arthritis, back arthritis, bilateral hand arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis, and bilateral ankle arthritis have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal. The claim for hypertension has been granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral ankle arthritis as secondary to his service-connected disability of pes planus.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral foot arthritis and bilateral ankle arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service occurrence or a link to service.
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