The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left ankle condition, finding that there is no medical evidence to support a link between his current left ankle condition and his service-connected knee disabilities. The Board also found that the left ankle condition was not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s chronic left ankle sprain is less likely than not proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service connected knee disabilities, as there was no significant altered gait observed during the examination and no history of such over a significant period of time.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189532
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