The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral tinea pedis with onychomycosis is related to service and grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is competent medical evidence linking the current condition of bilateral tinea pedis with onychomycosis to in-service scarlet fever, which supports a finding that it was incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinea pedis, onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031058
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability to obtain further development, including adequate VA examinations and opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pes planus, bilateral degenerative changes of the feet, bilateral hammertoe deformity, bilateral foot ulcers, and onychomycosis as there was no evidence to support an increase in severity during active service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for onychomycosis as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus Type II.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for tinea pedis and onychomycosis, finding that the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
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