The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, left ankle disorder, and right ring finger fracture have been granted. The Veteran is assigned a 10 percent rating for his left ankle disorder and no higher ratings are available under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided medical opinions supporting the service connection of these conditions and the current disability levels were found to be consistent with the assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, Left ankle disorder, Right ring finger fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1819754
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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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