The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip, knee, and lumbosacral strain disabilities as secondary to a right ankle disability. The evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection due to lack of continuity of symptomatology since service.
The deciding factor: There was no credible evidence demonstrating a continuity of symptoms from service to the present for any of the conditions, and the Veteran's assertions were contradicted by contemporaneous medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Degenerative Arthritis, Degenerative Joint Disease of Right Knee, Lumbosacral Strain with Degenerative Changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18161062
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