The Board found that the veteran's fungus of the right foot was incurred in service and granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not establish a link between the current infection and the prior diagnosis, but the private physician provided more reliable evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- fungus of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602528
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty regarding the veteran's periods of active military service and a need for further medical opinion on whether the current fungus condition is related to her service.
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