The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's right tibia and fibula fracture, status-post ORIF, but denied a compensable disability rating for her right ankle scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right tibia and fibula fracture, status-post ORIF, manifested in malunion of the tibia and fibula with marked ankle disability, warranting a 30 percent rating. The right ankle scars were not found to be painful or unstable, thus denying a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right tibia and fibula fracture, status-post ORIF, right ankle scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106027
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Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected right ankle disability and a compensable rating for his service-connected right ankle scars.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an abnormal gait, right ankle synovitis, right ankle scars, Morton's neuroma, right hammer toe, and a low back disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates for service connection awards related to right foot and left knee conditions, as well as a right ankle condition.
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