The Board granted service connection for left and right ankle, left and right knee, and back disabilities based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The reasonable doubt created by this relative equipoise in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran, as there is no other examination or opinion which addresses the etiology of the Veteran's posttraumatic pain and dysfunction left and right ankle, left and right knee, and lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, left knee posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, lumbar spine posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, right ankle posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, right knee posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, radicular pain and partial paralysis of the right sciatic nerve, secondary to now service-connected lumbar spine posttraumatic pain and dysfunction, radicular pain and partial paralysis of the left sciatic nerve, secondary to now service-connected lumbar spine posttraumatic pain and dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25044991
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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