The Board denied service connection for a pituitary tumor and a bilateral foot disability as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence did not demonstrate that the Veteran's pituitary tumor was incurred in or aggravated by her active service, nor did it show that she currently had a bilateral foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- pituitary tumor, bilateral foot disability (residuals of cold injury to the feet)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0908645
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