The Board has denied service connection for bone spurs in both feet and vasectomy residuals, but granted service connection for vasectomy residuals.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of bone spurs or a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- bone spurs (left foot), bone spurs (right foot), vasectomy residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20002218
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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