The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a right ankle disorder, left foot disorder, and neck mass due to lack of well-grounded evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit competent evidence supporting her claims of service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Disorder, Left Foot Disorder, Neck Mass
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0016345
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What this means for you
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