The Board found that the veteran's bilateral athlete's foot, to include jungle rot, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of record relating the veteran's bilateral foot disorder to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral athlete's foot, jungle rot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2007
- Citation
- 0714013
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