The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's residuals of right leg injury, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current pain and an in-service motorcycle accident or other incident.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s symptoms are not consistent with the contusion he experienced 22 years prior during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right leg injury, right lower leg pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162225
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What this means for you
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