The Board has determined that the veteran's current right heel disability is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of a stress fracture in service or any other injury leading to the current right heel disability. The VA examiner concluded that there was no relationship between the veteran's current condition and his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Heel Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0827549
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