The Board denied service connection for both a left Achilles tendon rupture and a right Achilles tendon disability, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions beginning during active service or being related to an in-service disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the Veteran's assertions of continuity of symptoms from military service to post-service, and his current diagnoses were not linked to any events or diseases in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Achilles Tendon Rupture, Right Achilles Tendon Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003841
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee instability and posttraumatic degeneration were granted a separate rating of 10 percent from July 23, 2015 to September 15, 2015. The Veteran's left Achilles tendon rupture was denied prior to June 1, 2021.
- Granted
The Veteran's right Achilles tendon disability resulted in marked limitation of ankle motion as of May 25, 2018, but no earlier. The Board granted an effective date of May 25, 2018, for the award of a 20 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine the correct date of incarceration and whether the reduction of compensation benefits in November and December 1997 was proper.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's right Achilles Tendon Disability may be service connected on a secondary basis due to his service-connected back and bilateral knee disabilities. The case is being remanded for further development.
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