The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current left ankle disability, right ankle disability, or lower back disability related to service.,Therefore, the claims for service connection for these conditions were denied.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence did not show any current disabilities in the left ankle, right ankle, or lower back that are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Ankle Pain, Lower Back Normal (no specific condition identified)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1826429
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