The Board has granted service connection for polio residuals of the lower left leg, including multiple scars on the left ankle and a left foot crush injury. The Veteran's pre-existing condition was found to have existed prior to service and worsened during service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the function of the left leg had worsened from service entrance to service separation, indicating aggravation by service.
- Claimed conditions
- polio residuals of the lower left leg, multiple scars on the left ankle, left foot crush injury
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19110857
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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