The Veteran's claim for a reduction in her rating for degenerative disease of left ankle from 20 percent to 10 percent is granted. Her claims for service connection for residuals of head and neck injury (right-sided cervical spondylosis), lumbar spine disability, bilateral shoulder disability, bilateral hip disability, and leg disability are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for a reduction in her rating was based on new evidence showing sustained improvement over the past five years.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disease of Left Ankle, Residuals of Head and Neck Injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18142443
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