The Board found that the veteran's foot condition, claimed as jungle rot, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any current skin disorder of the feet to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- foot condition, jungle rot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0400901
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- Dismissed
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