The Board found no evidence of a current left leg disability related to service and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection. The Board also found that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the left knee did not become manifest during service or within one year after discharge, and thus denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated no current left leg disability and the medical evidence showed no nexus between any diagnosed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Leg Disorder, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1334941
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