The Veteran's claim for service connection for an ingrown toenail was denied. The claims for increased rating and effective date for the lumbar spine disability, as well as new and material evidence for PTSD and Bipolar Disorder were all denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for service connection or a higher rating based on the current medical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Ingrown Toenail
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1301762
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for alcohol abuse, personality disorder, right wrist pain, and ingrown toenail.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current chronic left great toenail disability related to service and denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a chronic ingrown toenail disability and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim as the evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's drug overdose was caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
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