The Board denied service connection for left and right leg swelling as there is no evidence of a separate and distinct disability from the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of a disorder manifested by swelling that is separate and distinct from the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg swelling, right leg swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18109475
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