The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle injury and low back condition are not well grounded. There is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
The deciding factor: There was no established medical nexus between the current disabilities and the veteran's service, and the claim fails to meet the burden of being a 'plausible' or 'capable of substantiation.'
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle injury, low back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0015427
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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