The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for amputation of his right lower extremity, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct or secondary service connection. The March 2018 VA examiner concluded that the amputation was not caused by his service-connected right ankle cellulitis.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient medical evidence to establish either direct or secondary service connection for the Veteran's amputation of the right lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19000373
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