The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ankle disability is related to service and has granted service connection for residuals of a right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a positive nexus opinion linking the current right ankle sprain to an in-service injury during boot camp, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19176139
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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