The Board has determined that the Veteran's left ankle disability more nearly approximates marked limitation of motion, warranting a 20 percent rating since July 2008.
The deciding factor: The examination findings showed significant pain on motion and limited range of motion without ankylosis or severe foot injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Left Ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1503206
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic arthritis of the left ankle with pain on motion is remanded due to lack of evidence meeting the criteria for such a rating. Other service connection claims are also remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning December 1, 2010 due to his service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the left ankle was determined to have begun during service and is granted as direct service connection.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for traumatic arthritis of the left ankle and determined that new evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's pre-service fracture increased in severity during service, warranting presumptive service connection.
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