The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ankle disability, finding that it is related to his service-connected heart condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on aggravation of a non-service-connected disability (left ankle swelling) by a service-connected disability (chronic congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension).
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle swelling, chronic congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1809171
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for all claims, and the Board lacks jurisdiction to review the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left and right knee disabilities, left and right ankle swelling, hypertension, a sleep disability (claimed as fatigue), and sinusitis, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension but denied service connection for a left ankle disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded.,Service connection claims for gout of the left wrist and right wrist are also being remanded.
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