The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right lower extremity nerve disability, finding no evidence of such condition during her time in service or due to any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence did not show the Veteran had a currently diagnosed right lower extremity nerve disability that was due to her time in service or is proximately due to her hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059629
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