The Veteran's current right heel disability is as likely as not related to his in-service injury, and the Board finds service connection for the residuals of a right heel injury is warranted.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence supports finding that the Veteran's current right heel pathology is related to his in-service heel injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right heel injury, right calcaneal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1708596
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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.
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