The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed left leg or foot disability is not related to his military service and has denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are attributable to incidents during military service, including an impact injury or freezing injury. The only competent clinical opinion on file attributes these symptoms to B-12 deficiency, unrelated to any incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg or foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0929451
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