The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 30, 1998 for a 30 percent rating for tinea pedis and found secondary service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The veteran's hemorrhoids were rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: VA records dated from July 1998 to July 1999 showed an ascertainable increase in severity of the veteran's tinea pedis, which was treated on July 30, 1998. The VA examiner diagnosed the veteran with adjustment disorder with depressed mood and related it to his service-connected tinea pedis.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea pedis, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0334096
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What this means for you
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