The Board has granted service connection for a left leg disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected residuals of right tibia-fibula fracture. The case is remanded for further development regarding the rating and TDIU claims.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established on a secondary basis as the left leg disability is found to be proximately due to or the result of the service-connected right tibia-fibula fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg disability, Right tibia-fibula fracture residuals (including knee and ankle conditions)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21027091
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