The Board has granted service connection for a back condition, finding that the Veteran's current back symptoms are related to his in-service injury. The left ankle disability claim was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or a link between service and present symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the Veteran had reported pain since service, there was no medical evidence linking this pain to an incident in service. However, the Board noted that the Veteran's back condition began during service and has continued until the present time, supporting a finding of direct service connection for his back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ankle disability, Back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18109272
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the appellant's claim for service connection for left ankle disability residuals, finding that his current condition is due to an in-service injury and granting the benefit of the doubt.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of his back condition due to inadequate medical opinion and failure to consider all relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of his back condition due to inadequate medical opinion and failure to consider all relevant evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to their death.
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