The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to his right foot, finding that there was no medical evidence linking the current condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence present in the record which provides support for an etiological connection between the claimed incident and the Veteran’s surgery for hammertoes or operation to remove a foreign body.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound to the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20081113
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