Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a neck condition, finding it to be related to the Veteran's military service. The claims for bilateral ankle and hip conditions were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The December 2022 VA medical opinion provided a positive nexus between the Veteran's claimed disability and his in-service duties, outweighing the August 2023 opinion which was based on the lack of treatment records during service.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, left hip condition, right hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018754
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