The Board has determined that the appellant's current diabetic foot problems are not related to the acute bilateral calluses of the feet treated in service, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical expert concluded it would be speculative to link the appellant's current foot problems to the foot calluses treated in service due to the lengthy absence of medical treatments following discharge from active service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral calluses of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617407
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