Granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2003, for the award of service connection for right and left ankle fractures based on newly received service department records.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the receipt of relevant official service department records that existed but were not associated with the claims file at the time of the initial denial in February 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle stress fracture residuals, left ankle stress fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088773
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