The veteran's fungal infections of the right foot, left foot, and hands are found to be service-connected.
The deciding factor: Service records show treatment for a fungal infection of the right foot during active duty in 1952. The Board finds that this condition is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal infection of the right foot, fungal infection of the left foot, fungal infection of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0333718
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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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