The Board has granted an extension of a temporary total disability rating for the period from March 1, 2010 to October 28, 2010 due to treatment for service-connected status post left ankle arthrodesis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran required convalescence following left ankle surgery requiring the use of a cast and crutches during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative left ankle degenerative joint disease, Muscle and joint pain (undiagnosed illness), Fatigue (undiagnosed illness), Sleeping problems (undiagnosed illness)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1608619
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