The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for trench foot as there is no current diagnosis of this condition and the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that it was incurred or aggravated during his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of record that the Veteran underwent any diagnostic evaluation or treatment for trench foot or related conditions during the 74 years since his military service, and even if he did have trench foot during his active military service, it would most likely have been temporary and transient without long-term effect.
- Claimed conditions
- trench foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191353
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Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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