The Board denied service connection for right heel spur with plantar fasciitis and left plantar fasciitis as there was no evidence of a medical relationship between the current disabilities and the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence or opinion establishing a medical relationship, or nexus, between the current right heel spur with plantar fasciitis and the veteran's military service. Similarly, there is no such evidence for left plantar fasciitis.
- Claimed conditions
- right heel spur with plantar fasciitis, left plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0903881
What this means for you
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