The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disability affecting his feet is not related to his service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence linking the current skin disability of the feet to the Veteran's in-service period, despite credible statements from the Veteran regarding symptoms during service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability affecting the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1741442
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