The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right chronic Achilles tendonitis, finding that it was incurred during his active duty training in 2001.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician opined that the current disability is related to the injury sustained during ADT service based on STRs from 2001-2003 and ongoing VA treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Right chronic Achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18115197
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