Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected gout, effective January 6, 2020, and awarded special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician opined that the Veteran's right and left ankle disabilities were at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected gout.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle disability, Left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001748
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