The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed ankle injuries, finding that there was no clear and unmistakable evidence of pre-existing condition at entry into service and that arthritis could not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The claimant did not provide sufficient evidence to rebut the presumption of soundness at entry into service and arthritis could not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- ankle injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0920536
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