The Veteran's service-connected left and right ankle strains are each manifested by subjective complaints of pain but no objective evidence of limitation of motion or function.,The medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis of a right foot disability.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosed right foot disorder to support the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent left ankle strain, recurrent right ankle strain, right foot pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000192
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What this means for you
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