The Board has determined that the Veteran's left heel condition is not related to her active service and therefore denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA examinations found no evidence of a chronic disease during or within one year after service, and concluded that any current diagnosis was not causally related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left heel disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1101823
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