The Board found that the veteran does not have a left leg or left foot disability that is related to her military service, and thus denied her claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of continuity of symptomatology after the initial in-service injury, and the examiner opined that it was less likely than not that the one-time in-service contusion directly caused or permanently aggravated her current left foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Leg (including left knee), Left Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0839870
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