The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left ankle disability, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to his current conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s left ankle disability is less likely than not incurred in or caused by active service due to lack of documentation and credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle arthritis, left ankle fracture status-post open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) surgery, left ankle fracture status-post arthrodesis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20017749
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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