The Board found that the Veteran's current right ankle disability was not present during service or within one year of discharge, and is not shown to be causally related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a right ankle injury or disease in service, and the Veteran's current condition does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on exposure to Agent Orange or other specified substances.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1714789
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- Granted
The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for the right ankle disability from January 5, 2012 to December 9, 2019, finding that the Veteran's symptoms of swelling and severe painful limitation of motion, including during weight-bearing, approximated marked limitation of motion.
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- Denied
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