The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right ankle disorder, a right knee disorder as secondary to a right ankle disorder, and infertility. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that the Veteran did not have current diagnoses of osteoarthritis of the right ankle, osteoarthritis of the right knee, or infertility, and that any symptoms were not related to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle sprain, infertility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188834
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What this means for you
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