The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed bilateral leg and ankle disabilities are not service-connected as they were not incurred or aggravated by her military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current diagnoses for the claimed right leg pain, left leg pain, or right ankle condition. The examiner also opined that the left ankle strain was less likely than not caused by in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Ankle Pain, Right Leg Pain, Left Leg Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1755318
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