The Board has granted an increased rating of 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected depressive reaction with tinea manum of the left hand, onychomycosis of the fingernails and toenails, and tinea pedis, effective from January 1998.
The deciding factor: The RO determined that the psychiatric component of the veteran's service-connected disorder had become the dominant disability and evaluated it based on appropriate psychiatric regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive reaction, tinea manum of the left hand, onychomycosis of the fingernails and toenails, tinea pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0108462
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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.
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