The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for right foot and urinary disabilities have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran does not have a current right foot or urinary disability, and any pre-existing conditions were not aggravated by service. The examiner also noted that the Veteran's urinary frequency complaints during service resolved without residual issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Disability, Urinary Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2017
- Citation
- 1748319
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