Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a left foot disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability due to an in-service injury or disease or caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided negative nexus opinions regarding both direct and secondary service connection, citing degenerative disc disease at the L5-S1 level as the cause of the left foot drop, and herbicide exposure not being related to unilateral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003317
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