The Board denied service connection for bilateral onychomycosis and peripheral vascular disease or venous insufficiency of the bilateral lower extremities, finding no evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's current conditions were most likely due to diabetes, not a cold weather injury sustained in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral onychomycosis, Peripheral vascular disease or venous insufficiency of bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0900287
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Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hammertoe deformity, foot ulcers, pes planus, degenerative changes of the feet and a left foot bone spur, and onychomycosis to obtain additional medical nexus opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been denied as there is no current diagnosis of GERD.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include major depression was dismissed as the Veteran received a separate grant of service connection in October 2023 for adjustment disorder with depressed mood, which he filed as his claim for major depression.,The Veteran's claim for bilateral onychomycosis has been denied as there is no evidence of current or past-on-service diagnosis of this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and bilateral onychomycosis are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.
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