The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's bilateral ankle disabilities and assigned a 10% disability rating, effective June 18, 2003. The decision also addressed the issue of an earlier effective date but found no CUE in the original March 1996 denial.
The deciding factor: The RO reopened the veteran's claim based on new and material evidence submitted after his initial claim was denied in 1998, leading to a final grant of service connection for bilateral ankle disabilities with an effective date set at June 18, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- ankle disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0830934
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the criteria for TDIU have not been met.
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