The Board has denied service connection for left ankle and left foot injuries, as well as a bilateral knee disorder. The veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any documented left ankle or left foot injury in service. There is no evidence of a nexus between the current disabilities and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Injury, Left Foot Injury, Bilateral Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0719910
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