The Board found that the Veteran's onychomycosis of the toes did not meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The competent and probative medical evidence showed that the service-connected disability was characterized by pink skin, and the feet were warm to the touch. There was no evidence showing 5% or more of the body or exposed areas affected, nor intermittent systemic therapy required for less than six weeks during the past year.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis of the bilateral toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0909846
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for tinea pedis and onychomycosis, but a separately compensable rating for the left hand was denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for scarring of the right first toe and onychomycosis of the bilateral toes, but denied service connection for scarring of the left toes and a mass on the left thigh. The decision is based on direct service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's onychomycosis of the bilateral toes is rated at a maximum schedular 60 percent disability rating from January 22, 2008 to June 27, 2011. Since then, it does not meet criteria for a compensable rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to active military service and his onychomycosis of the bilateral toes does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating. The appeal is granted in part.
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