The Board has granted service connection for tinea corporis and assigned a 10 percent rating, effective from November 28, 1995. Attorney fees are payable based on past-due benefits stemming from this decision.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded by the Court due to new evidence submitted by the veteran's attorney, leading to the Board's grant of service connection for tinea corporis and assignment of a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea corporis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0008609
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals of the June 2025 and July 2024 rating decisions regarding entitlement to a compensable disability rating for tinea corporis / tinea versicolor with left great toe onychomycosis, as well as the proposal to decrease the Veteran's disability rating. The reduction from 30% to noncompensable was found proper based on improvement in the condition.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal before a decision was made.
- Denied
The Veteran's tinea corporis is currently rated as noncompensable, and the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the pre-amendment version of Diagnostic Code 7813.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA medical opinion and failure to consider the Veteran's in-service chemical exposure. The Veteran's skin conditions are related to service, but a TERA opinion is needed.
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