The veteran's claim for service connection and secondary service connection for a bilateral leg disability was denied as there is no medical evidence linking his current bilateral leg disability to his service-connected foot calluses.
The deciding factor: The VA orthopedic examination did not provide an opinion on the etiology of the veteran's current bilateral leg disability, which is required for service connection and secondary service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0007061
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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