The Board has determined that the Veteran's left ankle fracture is a result of her service-connected PTSD with bipolar disorder, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The fall resulting in the left ankle fracture was caused by the Veteran's suicide attempt due to prescription narcotics overdose, which is related to her service-connected mental disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, left ankle fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120413
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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