The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic bilateral foot and hand disorders were denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing the presence of a chronic bilateral foot disorder or a chronic bilateral hand disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral foot disorder, chronic bilateral hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162122
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