The Board found no evidence of a chronic heel condition in service and insufficient observation to establish continuity of symptomatology after service. The current heel pain and left calcaneal spurring are not related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no chronicity of the claimed conditions shown during service, and there is insufficient evidence of continuity of symptomatology after service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral heel disability, heel pain, left calcaneal spurring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1243289
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