The veteran is not entitled to service connection for bilateral athlete's foot as there was no evidence of the condition during active service and no medical nexus between current symptoms and service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of athlete's foot in the service records, and the claimant's statements were refuted by the clinical findings of skilled professionals during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral athlete's foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0306875
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