The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current disabilities in his right or left ankle, and therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a current disability in either the right or left ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle, Left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0526545
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