The Veteran's bilateral ankle disability, characterized by reduced range of motion, is found to be due to service-connected ankle sprains. The Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The reduction in ankle motion is attributed to deep subdermal scarring secondary to multiple ankle sprains during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle instability, limited ankle motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1314430
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