The Board has granted service connection for a right ankle condition, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and its treatment, including radiation therapy.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and its treatment, which is believed to have caused or aggravated his right ankle condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Posterior tibial band dysfunction, Complex regional pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19002852
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- Granted
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