The Veteran has a chronic pain disorder of the lower right extremity that he contends began during service and continues to this day. The Board finds sufficient evidence to grant service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records reflect in-service complaints and treatment for a right ankle injury, which may have led to his current chronic pain disorder of the lower right extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pain disorder of the lower right extremity, chronic regional pain disorder, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, allodynia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1100538
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