The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral onychomycosis of the toenails and tinea pedis of the left foot do not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent since the effective date of service connection, as there is no evidence of systemic therapy or more than 20% of exposed areas affected.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show use of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs for his onychomycosis and tinea pedis, nor does it indicate that at least 20 to 40 percent of the veteran's body or exposed areas have been affected.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis of the toenails, tinea pedis of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0802243
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis of the left foot and remanded claims for a bilateral foot disorder, cervical disorder, left shoulder disorder, lumbosacral disorder, right shoulder disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and eardrum disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for onychomycosis of the bilateral toes, as the condition results in painful discolored and thickened toenails affecting five or more toes.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for onychomycosis of the toenails from December 22, 2015, as the Veteran's symptoms were commensurate with this rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinea pedis of the left and right feet had its onset in active service, and the Board has granted entitlement to service connection for these conditions. The claim for a left ankle condition is remanded.
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