The Veteran's claim for service connection for an ankle disability is denied as there is no persuasive evidence of a current disability that is related to his active service.
The deciding factor: There is no probative evidence showing the Veteran has a current ankle disability and it was not caused by his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1705236
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