The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for left lower extremity, right knee, and right lower extremity disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing such conditions were incurred or aggravated during active duty.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records are negative for complaints, observations, diagnoses, or treatment regarding the left lower extremity. The appellant's separation examination was normal with respect to the bilateral lower extremities and his PULHES profile was '1' for the lower extremities at the time of separation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left lower extremity disability characterized by pain and swelling, Right knee disability (degenerative arthritis), Right lower extremity disability characterized by pain and swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18129012
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