The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's right ankle degenerative changes prior to November 25, 2013, and has established service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine as secondary to his service-connected right ankle disability. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of marked limitation of motion of the right ankle, warranting a higher rating than the current 10 percent assigned prior to November 25, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1516232
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What this means for you
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