Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent initial rating for the right and left foot conditions, but denied increased ratings for the shoulder and ankle conditions.
The deciding factor: The severity of the bilateral shoulder and ankle conditions did not meet the criteria for higher ratings based on the range of motion limitations observed during examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right foot condition, left foot condition, right ankle condition, left ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25012335
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