The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, CAD, and onychomycosis and tinea pedis was granted with an initial disability rating of 30 percent effective August 9, 2004. The effective date for the grant of secondary service connection for onychomycosis and tinea pedis is March 30, 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD was found to be aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, warranting a separate rating for onychomycosis and tinea pedis as secondary to the service-connected diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy, gout, hypertension, PTSD, CAD
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0637850
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