The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for residuals of a right ankle injury and granted a 20% rating for the veteran's right ankle disability. The claim for an earlier effective date for the right forefoot amputation is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The March 1996 Board decision did not address the right forefoot disability, which was assigned a different effective date in February 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right ankle injury, right forefoot amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0804519
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