The Board has restored service connection for right calf atrophy as a separate and distinct disability, finding that the RO improperly severed it from the service-connected traumatic arthropathy of the right ankle.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not clearly and unmistakably establish that the right calf atrophy is a manifestation of the service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right calf atrophy, Traumatic arthropathy of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19146032
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