The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral foot disabilities were not caused or aggravated by his active military service from July 1960 to August 1964, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a link between the veteran's in-service foot problems and his current diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cold injury to the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0633206
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- Remanded (sent back)
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