The Board found no evidence of a current right ankle condition and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has a right ankle condition incurred or aggravated during her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0400981
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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