The Veteran was not shown to have a current left ankle disability that is related to his military service.,The Veteran was not shown to have a current bilateral foot disability that is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for an examination and there is no evidence of any current disabilities or a relationship between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Injury, Bilateral Foot Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0924609
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