The Board has granted service connection for right ankle and right foot post-traumatic arthritis, status post triple arthrodesis surgery. The disabilities are deemed to have been incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements regarding his in-service injury were found credible and supported by imaging evidence of an 'old fracture'.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle post-traumatic arthritis, right foot post-traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054786
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a lower back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and right ankle post-traumatic arthritis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, right knee strain with post-traumatic arthritis, and right foot post-traumatic arthritis based on the evidence of record.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right ankle disability, diagnosed as post-traumatic arthritis and lateral collateral chronic/recurrent sprain, based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's current disability was incurred in or caused by active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of left and right foot post-traumatic arthritis, secondary to OSA. The Board found that the medical opinions were inadequate and ordered new examinations.
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