The Board has granted presumptive service connection for a right ankle disability as a qualifying chronic disability under the provisions of the Persian Gulf Veterans' Act.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right ankle pain, which became manifest during active service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War and is not attributable to a known clinical diagnosis, meets the criteria for presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1552394
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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