The Board found that the veteran does not have a current chronic left ankle disability causally related to his inservice sprain, and thus denied service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical examinations did not reveal any evidence of arthritis or other chronic conditions in the left ankle, and the examiner concluded that the symptoms were unrelated to the inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0213367
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