The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral ankle arthritis is related to his active duty service and granted his claim for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions supported by the Veteran's lay statements and physical observations established a nexus between the in-service injury and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19186352
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the claims for bilateral ankle arthritis, sleep apnea, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, erectile dysfunction, degenerative disc disease, cervical, bilateral plantar fasciitis with arthritis and heel spurs, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy associated with DDD of the lumbar spine, and bilateral shoulder osteoarthritis are granted as service-connected. However, his bilateral knee arthritis and bilateral ankle arthritis do not meet the criteria for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral ankle, elbow, feet and toe, hip, and shoulder arthritis as the evidence did not establish a relationship to service or a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral ankle arthritis, finding that the evidence supports a chronic disease on a presumptive basis under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307(a)(3), 3.309(a).
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