The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral ankle condition, finding that there was no current disability and no in-service injury or disease related to his ankles.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current ankle condition and the Veteran did not have any complaints or diagnoses related to an ankle issue during service or post-service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21004490
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