The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a current right foot or bilateral knee disability and there is no evidence of such disabilities in service. As a result, the claims for service connection are denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between any diagnosed conditions (sprains) and service, as evidenced by the lack of documented injuries during service and normal examination findings at both entry and separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Sprain, Bilateral Knee Sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0934419
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