The Board has found that the Veteran's bilateral leg condition did not have its onset during service and are not otherwise related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion concluded that the Veteran's lower extremity edema was less likely than not incurred in or caused by his time as a parachute rigger in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2018
- Citation
- 1803787
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot, leg, hip and low back condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were directly related to active-duty service or secondary to a service-connected knee condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fatigue, bilateral hearing loss, low back, musculoskeletal shoulder, musculoskeletal knee, bilateral leg, and testicular conditions due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, left ear hearing loss, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral leg condition. The claim for heart disease was remanded.
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