The Board has granted service connection for left foot arthritis, and the related secondary disabilities of left ankle, left knee, and spinal disabilities. The Veteran's current diagnoses are considered to be a result of his in-service training.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s left ankle, left knee, and spinal disabilities were proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left foot arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left foot arthritis, Left ankle disability, Left knee disability, Spinal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18112978
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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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- Dismissed
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