The Board found that there is no current right foot disability and denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a disability manifested by right foot numbness, secondary to his service-connected low back disorder.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosed right foot disability on examination, and the right foot numbness was attributed to the veteran's service-connected low back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot numbness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0604718
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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