The Veteran is seeking to establish service connection for a foot fungus. The Board finds that the Veteran should be afforded a VA examination to determine whether there is any relationship between the current skin disorder on his feet and his military service.
The deciding factor: There are insufficient competent medical evidence on file to make a decision on the claim without a VA examination due to conflicting statements from private physicians regarding the nature of the Veteran's foot condition.
- Claimed conditions
- foot fungus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2013
- Citation
- 1302956
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection and ratings related to various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, foot fungus, macular degeneration, and sleep apnea has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for foot fungus and toenail fungus as they were withdrawn by the Veteran during a hearing. The claims for GERD and migraine headaches were also dismissed as moot due to their successful resolution in an earlier rating decision.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis, which are presumed to be related to the Veteran's exposure to fine particulate matter while serving in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for restrictive lung disease (claimed as asthma) but denied service connection for several other conditions, including right knee strain, left foot pes planus with bilateral hammer toes, foot fungus, seborrheic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and right hip condition. The Board also dismissed claims for service connection that were not ripe for review.
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