The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disability of the left foot is not attributable to active military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a nexus between the current skin condition on the Veteran's left foot and his in-service ACDUTRA service, including an infection noted in November 1969. The Board found that there is insufficient credible lay or medical evidence to support this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- skin infection, fungal infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1611799
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