The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left lower extremity disorder, entitlement to an earlier effective date for irritable bowel syndrome, and whether there was clear and unmistakable error in a December 1984 rating decision denying service connection for vomiting and numbness.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran's left leg and heel pain and numbness were related to his military service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity disorder, chronic plantar fasciitis, calcaneal bone spurs of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006779
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What this means for you
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