The Board found no evidence of a chronic foot disability in service and denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing a current disability or a link between any diagnosed condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0831636
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