The veteran's left heel pain and intermittent gastrointestinal disorder are not related to her military service. The Board denied the claim for an initial disability rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not find a direct link between the veteran's symptoms and her military service, but rather attributed them to her service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Left heel pain, Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0834310
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