The Board granted service connection for right ankle arthritis, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's right ankle arthritis is related to an in-service ankle injury, and the benefit of the doubt was given to the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle condition, right ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046933
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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