The Board denied service connection for a right ankle condition and remanded the claims for left ankle, back, and cyst conditions due to missing service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not support a finding that the Veteran has a current disability related to his right ankle. For the other issues, there is no bearing on whether the Veteran has a disability or one during the pendency of the appeal as the service treatment records are missing and efforts to obtain them were not exhausted.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle condition, left ankle condition, back condition, cyst, left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063587
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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