The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability, left ankle arthritis, and right ankle arthritis as of July 20, 2007, but remanded the claim for a compensable rating for a left foot disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's right foot disability was related to his service-connected left foot disability, leading to a grant of service connection. The Board found that the evidence was also in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's bilateral ankle disabilities were aggravated by his service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of fracture left 5th metatarsal (left foot disability), right foot disability, left ankle arthritis, right ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093713
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