The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including residuals of injuries to the ankles and feet, a skin disorder affecting the arms and back, a low back injury, and residuals of an injury to the left Achilles tendon, as there was no evidence of these conditions during service or sufficient evidence linking them to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's current skin disorders were not related to his in-service fungal infections, and his low back condition was not shown until many years after discharge with no evidence of a chronic disability during service or continuity of symptoms thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of injuries to the ankles, Residuals of injuries to the feet, Skin disorder of the feet, Skin disorder affecting the arms and back, Low back injury, Residuals of an injury to the left Achilles tendon
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904366
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