The Board found that the veteran's leg length discrepancy, including shortening of the left lower extremity, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that any present leg-length discrepancy is physiologic and preponderating evidence does not support a finding of service incurrence or aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- shortening of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0402464
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