The Board has determined that the veteran's fungal infection of the feet was incurred during active service, and thus granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's fungal infections were as likely as not acquired in Vietnam, resolving any doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal infection of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0322880
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis but has remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disability other than plantar fasciitis and for a left knee disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and denied service connection for a heart disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a migraine headache disorder, a sleep apnea disorder, a fungal infection of the feet, a neck disorder, a back disorder, an eye/vision disorder, and a hearing loss disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete VA treatment records and outstanding STRs. The issues of whether the July 1988 rating decision denying service connection for contusion, left hip, right foot disabilities, left foot disabilities, a fungal infection of the feet, and December 1988 rating decision denying service connection for a back disability may be revised on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) are also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including low back disability, right knee disability, diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, fungal infections of the feet, migraine headaches, and a disability manifested by insomnia. The decision states that there is no evidence of exposure to herbicide agents during service and thus no presumption applies.
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