The Board denied service connection for foot fungus and osteoarthritis of the knees, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or spinal meningitis.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing a direct link between the veteran's current conditions and his in-service experiences, including spinal meningitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Foot fungus, Osteoarthritis of the right and left knees
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0635983
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