The Board has determined that the veteran's pre-existing foot fungus, bilateral feet, was aggravated by active service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran's credible testimony established continuity of symptomatology post-service, which is sufficient to rebut the presumption of soundness at service entrance.
- Claimed conditions
- foot fungus, bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631521
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