The Board has denied service connection for a right heel condition as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the current disability is related to service.
The deciding factor: There was no documented right heel injury during active duty. The Veteran's scores remained at '1' for all areas including lower extremities (including feet) from August 2008 to June 2010, and he did not report any symptoms of a right heel condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right heel condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20060500
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