The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of bilateral foot fungus, keratosis, or skin cancer as a result of his active service in the United States Navy.,Service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing any of these conditions during service and none are shown to be related to service. The veteran's assertions regarding exposure to sun and other environmental factors do not provide a basis for granting service connection as they are not supported by medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Fungus, Keratosis, Skin Cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0734224
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