The Board has granted service connection for left elbow and right elbow disabilities as secondary to a service-connected right ankle disability. The claim of service connection for the Veteran's left eye disability is remanded due to inadequate examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to grant service connection for the bilateral elbow disabilities as secondary to the service-connected right ankle disability, but the VA examiner did not address the Veteran's left eye condition in the September 2022 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow disability, right elbow disability, left eye disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23020974
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