The Board denied service connection for fungus on the feet and celiac sprue, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a link between these conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has a skin disorder of the feet or celiac sprue. The service medical records do not contain relevant findings from his time in service.
- Claimed conditions
- fungus on feet, celiac sprue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0509182
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