The Veteran's claims for service connection for disabilities of the ankles, right leg, knees, and hips are denied as there is no evidence of current chronic disabilities. The Veteran has been granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with associated radiculopathy of the left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of chronic disabilities of the ankles, right leg, knees, or hips and that his complaints are not necessarily equivalent to a disability due to disease or injury. The preponderance of evidence is against the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle, Left ankle, Right leg, Left leg, Right knee, Left knee, Right hip, Left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009543
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What this means for you
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