The Veteran's left ankle disability is related to active service and service connection for this condition has been granted. The cervical spine and bilateral foot disabilities are remanded for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current arthritis of the left ankle is causally related to his in-service injury, while the diagnoses for the cervical spine and bilateral foot conditions were not established or confirmed by the provided evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disability, cervical spine disability, bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188696
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,071 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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