The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic right ankle disorder, including degenerative joint disease, finding that there was no evidence of such condition during his period of active service or within one year after separation.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any chronic residuals from the inservice right ankle sprain and concluded that the current degenerative joint disease is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0306430
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