The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for osteomyelitis of the left femur, finding no evidence of active osteomyelitis since 1988 and concluding that a compensable evaluation is not warranted under Diagnostic Code 5000.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of at least two episodes of osteomyelitis following the initial infection in 1988, and subsequent examinations did not confirm active osteomyelitis since then.
- Claimed conditions
- osteomyelitis of the left femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0214614
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