The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral ankle condition, finding that new and material evidence has been received.,Service connection is granted for a low back disability and bilateral ankle condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided support the Veteran's contentions that his current coccyx injury, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine (low back disability), and bilateral ankle sprain are related to the in-service basketball injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx injury, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine (low back disability), bilateral ankle sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1721737
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, coccyx injury, and chronic ingrown toenails.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for trochanteric pain syndrome of bilateral hips, bilateral ankle sprain, and patellofemoral pain syndrome of bilateral knees. The remaining claims were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal regarding an earlier effective date for a 40 percent rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease with coccyx injury is dismissed because the issue was not properly identified in his Notice of Disagreement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for a bilateral ankle disability and remanded the issue of service connection for a sleep disturbance condition due to insufficient evidence, including lack of a sleep study.
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