The Board found that the Veteran does not have current disabilities for any of the claimed conditions and thus denied her claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence did not show a current disability for any of the five issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Disorder, Left Ankle Disorder, Low Back Disorder, Cervical Disorder, Bilateral Hallux Valgus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1450745
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- Remanded (sent back)
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