The Board found no credible evidence of a right foot fracture in service or current disability, and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of a right foot fracture in service, and no competent evidence of a current right foot disability to include fracture residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fractured right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0948265
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