The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of an injury to the right foot and great toe, including arthritis of the right great toe, finding no medical evidence linking current disabilities to active service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current right foot disabilities to his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the right foot, arthritis of the right great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0621650
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What this means for you
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