The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left ankle disability and a bilateral foot disability, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the current disabilities are not at least as likely as not related to any in-service injury, event, or disease, including jumping off tanks.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ankle arthritis, Bilateral pes planus (flat feet), Degenerative arthritis in toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100134
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