The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current left ankle or foot disability and therefore, service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of a left ankle or foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle/foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2013
- Citation
- 1315303
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's lumbar spine, left knee, and left ankle/foot disabilities and her active service.
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