The Board denied service connection for a bilateral ankle disability, left eye disability, and right flank trauma with internal bleeding. The decision found that the Veteran's current disabilities are not related to his military service or any service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that there was no evidence of in-service injury or disease leading to the current disabilities, and that the disabilities were not aggravated by a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral ankle disability, Left eye disability, Right flank trauma with internal bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176557
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