The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for asthma, and an initial compensable evaluation for tinea pedis. The VA examiner found no current diagnosis of a right shoulder disability. For asthma, the criteria were not met for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent. For tinea pedis, the veteran was granted a 10 percent rating effective from August 30, 2002.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current diagnosis of a right shoulder disability and there is no evidence of chronic disability resulting from service-connected injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability, Asthma, Tinea Pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0529527
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