The Veteran's service-connected athlete's foot disability is manifested by less than 5 percent of the entire body or less than 5 percent of exposed areas affected with no more than topical therapy required, and therefore a compensable rating is not warranted.
The deciding factor: Based on the medical evidence showing involvement to the bilateral feet with no more than topical treatment required, there is no evidence of corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive medication, and the overall evidence does not support a compensable rating under the available schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Athlete's Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0905055
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What you can do next
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