Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for ankle arthritis was granted as secondary to bilateral pes planus, effective December 26, 1996. The issue of an earlier effective date for TDIU was remanded.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the secondary service connection cannot be earlier than that of the underlying disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of right ankle joint (right ankle arthritis), degenerative changes of left ankle joint (left ankle arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25000596
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