The Board has granted service connection for right ankle instability, left ankle instability, right great toe instability, left great toe instability, and low back dysfunction with limitation of flexion.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided a clear nexus between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his military service, including in-service symptoms and continuity of symptoms from service to present.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle instability, left ankle instability, right great toe instability, left great toe instability, low back dysfunction with limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2019
- Citation
- A19001836
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left ankle instability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability and hypertension, but denied increased ratings for the left ankle disability and other forms of arthritis.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for right ankle instability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded other issues related to her right ankle disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability, finding that the current left ankle disability is etiologically related to the service-connected left foot plantar fasciitis.
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