The Board denied service connection for residuals of left ankle and right tibia injuries, as well as an increased evaluation for the veteran's eye condition. The headaches were rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established due to lack of credible evidence linking the claimed injuries to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of left ankle injury, Residuals of right tibia injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0029059
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