The Board granted service connection for right ankle tendinitis and impingement syndrome, synovitis, and degenerative arthritis of the left ankle as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's current ankle disabilities were caused by his service-connected bilateral pes planus, leading to a grant of service connection with all reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle tendinitis, impingement syndrome, synovitis, and degenerative arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054470
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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