The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a leg disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability related to service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a leg injury in service and no current disability linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301914
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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