The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right leg fracture, finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current disability to an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records contain ample evidence of a current disability but lack contemporaneous documentation of any in-service injury or symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20021442
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