The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder of actinic keratosis, but denied service connection for a right ankle disorder due to the lack of current evidence of an orthopedic disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran did not have a currently diagnosed right ankle orthopedic disability and attributed his symptoms to non-service-connected lower extremity venous insufficiency with edema.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Disorder, Skin Disorder of Actinic Keratosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23021170
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