The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for right ankle, left ankle, right foot, and left foot conditions. The Board also granted service connection for these conditions based on evidence showing a link between the conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new medical evidence supported a finding of a link between the Veteran's current ankle and foot disabilities and his active duty service, thus granting the reopening of the claims and service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle condition, left ankle condition, right foot condition, left foot condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19184822
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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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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