The Board found no current disability of bilateral knee or ankle disorders, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has bilateral knee and ankle disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorders, ankle disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0507303
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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