The Board granted service connection for right and left tibial stress fractures as secondary to the service-connected PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed current diagnoses of right and left tibial stress fractures caused by the service-connected PTSD, with favorable medical opinions supporting this conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- right tibial stress fracture, left tibial stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070204
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
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