The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability was granted, and he is now rated at 20% for his left ankle disability. The appeal regarding an increased rating for the left ankle disability is still pending.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided by the Veteran raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for a left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Osteoarthritis, Left Ankle Disability (with marked limitation of motion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20060938
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- Granted
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