The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosed skin condition of the left foot, and thus service connection cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a currently diagnosed skin condition of the left foot in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1756573
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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