Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left ankle disability due to any of the following service-connected disabilities, including pes planus, right knee, left knee, lumbosacral spine, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in the left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current left ankle disability did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise etiologically related to service or any of the service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- strain, post fusion of the ankle and subtalar joint, tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis revision, tibiotalocalcaneal fusion, tendonitis, ankylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013896
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