The Board finds that any current chronic disability manifested by numbness of the feet was not incurred in or aggravated by the veteran's active duty service nor may it be presumed to have been incurred during service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic disability affecting the feet during service, and the current condition is attributed to known clinically diagnosed Idiopathic Distal Sensory Neuropathy and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0634315
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