The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral foot condition, right leg condition, and right ankle condition are not service-connected. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service injury or disease for any of these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut the presumption of soundness at entry into service, and there is insufficient medical evidence to establish that any current bilateral foot, right leg, or right ankle condition was incurred during active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Condition, Right Leg Condition, Right Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2017
- Citation
- 1720997
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