The Board has determined that the right foot ulcer and related complications are not related to service, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a relationship between the current right foot disability and active duty military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot ulcer, recalcitrant ulcer plantar, chronic non-healing dermatitis, lichenoid infiltrate, lichen planus, lichen stratus, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0636717
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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