The Board has granted service connection and assigned a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's right great toe fracture, effective as of the date of decision. The Veteran also had his claims for bilateral knee arthralgia and chondromalacia, migraines, and hypothyroidism resolved in favor of granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was at least an equipoise (equal) balance of evidence to support the Veteran's assertions regarding the onset and continuity of his disabilities since service, leading to a grant of service connection for all issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee arthralgia, chondromalacia (bilateral knee disability), migraines, right great toe fracture (right foot disability), hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003911
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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