The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a crush injury, claimed as broken ribs, finding that the Veteran's pain constitutes a residual disability secondary to his in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s left rib cage pain was at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by his in-service crush injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a crush injury, broken ribs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19128394
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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