The Board denied service connection for various foot and ankle conditions, including a back condition. The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current conditions were related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no objective evidence of chronicity of care from service and concluded the Veteran’s current diagnoses are unrelated to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073533
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Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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