The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to the claimed disabilities, and there were no continuous symptoms after service. Therefore, the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral porokeratosis and bilateral plantar flexed metatarsal have been denied.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service injury or disease noted that could be linked to the current conditions of porokeratosis and plantar flexed metatarsal. The symptoms were not chronic after service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- porokeratosis, plantar flexed metatarsal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0916597
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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