Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral ankle disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral ankle disabilities were proximately due to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and that these conditions precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disability, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25002974
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