The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left elbow disorder and a bilateral ankle disorder, finding that he did not have current disabilities of these joints.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no evidence of current disability for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Elbow Disorder, Bilateral Ankle Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1612956
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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