The Board has denied the veteran's claim as his claim is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking his current skin disability of the feet to service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's lay opinions do not provide competent evidence of a nexus between his current skin condition and military service, thus failing to meet the burden of presenting a well-grounded claim.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0022421
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0022421.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's skin disability of the feet was not incurred in service, has not been chronic and continuous since service separation, did not manifest to a compensable degree within a year of service separation, and is not the result of an in-service disease, injury, or other incident of service. The Board denied service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a skin disability, to include as secondary to service-connected plantar fasciitis. The Veteran's claim is being returned for additional development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cold injury, including a skin disability of the feet, finding that there is no evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's back, right knee, plantar fasciitis, skin disability of the feet, OSA, headache, bilateral eye, and allergies disabilities are remanded for further examination and determination.
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