The Veteran has a fungal disability of the groin, feet, legs and ears that is likely the result of disease incurred during active military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's contention that his fungal disability began while he was on active duty in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal disability of the groin, feet, legs, ears
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1142009
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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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