Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for left ankle disability, finding no pending or unadjudicated claim prior to June 20, 2023.
The deciding factor: The November 2021 Statement in Support of Claim did not clearly describe a particular left ankle injury during service and specifically indicated that the Veteran injured his right ankle in service and had a current right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle sprain with tenosynovitis and tendinosis (left ankle disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095077
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