The Board found that the Veteran's current left ankle disability did not manifest in active service and is not otherwise etiologically related to his active service. The Board also determined that the Veteran's current left ankle disability is not due to and has not been aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology or a nexus between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current left ankle disability, nor does it establish that his current disability was caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1509496
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