The Board found that the preponderance of evidence was against a grant of service connection for arthritis of the ankles.
The deciding factor: There is no competent and persuasive evidence linking the veteran's current arthritis of the ankles to any incident or event during his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902852
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