The veteran's initial compensable evaluation for tinea pedis and tinea cruris was granted, with a 10 percent rating effective June 14, 2004. The other issues were not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating under either the old or revised rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Tinea cruris (jock itch), Tinea pedis (athlete's foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0630256
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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