The Board has found that the veteran's claims of service connection for foot and stomach disabilities are not well grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: No competent medical evidence was presented showing a link between any current foot or stomach disability and the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- foot disability, stomach disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0017414
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What this means for you
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