The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's left ankle and left foot disabilities, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise regarding the onset of the Veteran's left ankle and left foot disabilities during his active service, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle osteoarthritis, post traumatic, with osteochondritis dissecans, left foot osteochondritis dissecans
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033608
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's left ankle and left foot disabilities, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to active service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's left ankle and left foot disabilities, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot metatarsalgia, osteochondritis dissecans, plantar fasciitis, and ankle condition as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that led to these conditions.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left foot osteochondritis dissecans did not more nearly approximate a moderately severe foot injury, and thus denied a rating in excess of 10 percent.
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