The Board has determined that there is no current evidence of a chronic disability related to the appellant's reported stress fractures and arthralgia, and thus service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There was no probative medical evidence showing current disabilities or linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right foot stress fracture, residuals of left foot stress fracture, right ankle arthralgia, left ankle arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0737283
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