The Board denied service connection for right and left foot numbness as the Veteran's symptoms are part of his service-connected bilateral calcaneal bursitis with heel spurs.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not show a separate disability such as radiculopathy or neuropathy due to bilateral foot numbness, which is more likely a symptom of the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot numbness, left foot numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21015749
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