The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a current leg or ankle disability and finds that any such disabilities are not related to his service-connected spine disabilities. As such, secondary service connection for these disabilities is denied.
The deciding factor: VA examiners concluded that any current ankle disability was not related to the appellant's service-connected disabilities of the spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Leg Disability, Ankle Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0513885
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