The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of right ankle injury, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran did not have a bone fracture of the ankle in service and that the current right ankle disability was related to an injury in 2015, not to any in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right ankle injury, bimalleolar fracture status/post open reduction, internal reduction and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2021
- Citation
- A21018870
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- Granted
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