The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for his right and left foot conditions, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms were more likely due to plantar fasciitis rather than an in-service condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Condition, Left Foot Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0940356
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