The Board denied service connection for amputation of the left lower extremity, finding that it is not causally related to active service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's amputation was not caused by his active duty and no evidence supports a secondary relationship to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The Board also noted that there is no evidence of any psychiatric condition for which service connection could be granted, thus precluding secondary service connection due to a nervous condition.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19129296
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