The Board found that the veteran does not have a current disability of his feet and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing an underlying right or left foot condition, thus there is no current disability due to service.
- Claimed conditions
- swelling of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0835972
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- Granted
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