The Board has determined that the veteran does not have residuals of a right ankle injury or arthritis of the right ankle that were incurred in service. The evidence is insufficient to support such a finding.
The deciding factor: There is no documented right ankle injury during service and an approximately 50-year gap between service and post-service treatment for bursitis and degeneration of the right ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right ankle injury, arthritis of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0533091
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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