The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right leg disability, including atrophy and reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right leg, as secondary to her service-connected right ankle fusion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's diagnosed right leg disability is likely the result of her service-connected right ankle fusion due to chronic pain, skin changes, and muscular atrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg atrophy, reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1201910
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate reasons and bases in the January 2022 VA examination opinion, which dismissed the Veteran's lay statements as not medical fact. The Veteran's right leg condition is now being reviewed with a new examiner.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate reasons and bases in the June 2020 VA examination opinion, which did not adequately discuss the etiology of the Veteran's right leg condition. The case is now being sent back for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, effective August 5, 2003, the date of the Veteran's application to reopen his claim. The effective date was not earlier than this due to the procedural history and VA regulations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis, PTSD, and a right leg disorder. The decision found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the hepatitis claim, and did not find any link between the claimed disorders and active service.
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