The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ankle lateral ligament sprain and tendinopathy is related to service, granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran had symptoms of a right ankle condition during service and continued after discharge, creating a reasonable doubt in favor of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle lateral ligament sprain, right ankle tendinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23058390
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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