The Board finds that the veteran's current disabilities of the left knee and left ankle are not related to his military service. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of chronic disability during or after service.
The deciding factor: There is no documented chronic disability of the left knee or left ankle during service, and any current disabilities are not shown to be related to service without resort to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Injury, Left Ankle Sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0739031
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- Partly granted
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