The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral great toe onychomycosis and assigned a noncompensable initial disability rating, which is now increased to 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examination confirmed that the veteran had onychomycosis affecting both his left and right great toes. The condition was productive of pain and deformity, warranting a 10% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7804 for tender scars.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral great toe onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0834454
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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The Board has dismissed the appeals for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for service-connected scars, residuals of pseudofolliculitis barbae, and for bilateral great toe onychomycosis due to the Veteran's death.
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