The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot fungus, finding no evidence of current disability and noting that postservice treatment records did not reflect such claimed disorder.
The deciding factor: VA failed to provide competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current bilateral foot fungus to her active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot fungus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0315434
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and bilateral foot fungus, as well as the appeals for SMC pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r) and an increased rating for GERD were dismissed due to being already pending at the Board in other appeal streams.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral foot fungus and renal cell carcinoma as they were already granted by a previous rating decision. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for migraine headaches but denied service connection and initial compensable ratings for other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral foot fungus as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
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