The Board found that any injuries sustained during service did not result in current disabilities and thus denied the veteran's claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's current foot, back, and leg conditions are not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of injuries to the feet, Back injury, Disability of the legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0626446
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