The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for loss of use of his left foot and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right forearm disability, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding of loss of use of the left foot or additional right forearm disability as a result of VA treatment in 1986.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608436
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