The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of fracture of the left tibia, finding no evidence linking any current disability to an injury or disease in service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against the claim as there is no competent medical evidence linking any current disability of the left lower extremity to an injury or disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0206538
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left tibia with synovitis and osteoarthritis, finding that his symptoms did not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings were denied as the evidence did not show entitlement to higher ratings within a year of the date of claim.,An effective date earlier than June 15, 2007 was denied for the 20 percent rating for residuals of a fracture of the left tibia due to lack of medical records in the year prior to the claim.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a left shoulder injury before the Board could make a decision. The case is now limited to the issue of service connection for a fracture of the left tibia, claimed as left leg re-injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for PTSD, left foot deformity, a crooked left leg, bipolar disorder with major depression, a left tibia disorder and hearing loss as these claims were withdrawn by the appellant.
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