Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 20, 2012 for service connection for bilateral ankle degenerative arthritis but denied any earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's continuous prosecution of claims from November 30, 2012, and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107299
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