The Board denied service connection for a right lower extremity disorder, finding that the evidence did not show it was related to service or due to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence is against a finding that the Veteran's right lower extremity disorder is related to his active service or was caused by his service connected residuals from a left leg fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162823
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