The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a right foot disability related to service, and his bilateral hip and right knee disabilities are not secondary to any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of record indicating that the Veteran's current right foot callus developed during service. The VA examiner found no indication in the available records that the Veteran's complaints of a callus on his foot during service contributed to his current right foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Callus, Bilateral Hip Disability, Right Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1017425
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