The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable ratings for right hip tendonitis, right ankle tendonitis, and lateral epicondylitis tendonitis of the right elbow have been granted.
The deciding factor: The claims were resolved in favor of the Veteran with a 10 percent rating assigned for each condition as appropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Tendonitis, Right Ankle Tendonitis, Lateral Epicondylitis Tendonitis of the Right Elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1758043
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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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