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Entitlement to service connection for chronic leg pain is denied.

January 30, 2026Citation Nr. 26001464Docket 20-28 442va.gov source

  • service connection for chronic leg painDenied
DecisionAnalysis

Board reasoning

The Board found a chronic leg disability not shown to be related to or aggravated by service or to be caused by a service-connected disability, and relied on a July 2025 VA examination which concluded no nexus to service or related toxic exposure. The Board weighed the Veteran's lay statements as less probative than the medical opinion, and concluded the preponderance of the evidence favors denial.

Issues

  • service connection for chronic leg painDenied

Authorities

  • Hickson v. West, 12 Vet. App. 247 (1999)cited the requirement of a medical nexus for service connection
  • Cosman v. Principi, 3 Vet. App. 503 (1992)cited possible in-service incurrence even when diagnosed after service
  • Jandreau v. Nicholson, 492 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2007)asserted lay testimony is competent for symptoms but not etiologies
  • Barr v. Nicholson, 21 Vet. App. 303 (2007)discussed credibility of lay testimony
  • Colvin v. Derwinski, 1 Vet. App. 171 (1991)Board may not substitute its own medical judgment

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