The Board found no chronic residuals of a left foot injury during service or for many years thereafter, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of any chronic disability related to a left foot injury in service or within one year post-service, and the veteran's current complaints were not linked to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left foot injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0740705
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