The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a need for additional medical examination and consideration of his subjective complaints related to his service-connected onychomycosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has provided evidence of current functional impairment associated with his service-connected onychomycosis, which requires further evaluation by VA medical personnel.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1452886
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disorder and assigned an initial 30 percent disability rating for onychomycosis of the feet, but denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection and rating increases have been dismissed due to his request to withdraw the appeals.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's onychomycosis of the feet is granted as service-connected due to presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.,Service connection for COPD and obstructive sleep apnea are denied, with no current evidence linking these conditions to service or presumptive exposure to herbicides.,The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is not related to his service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded four issues related to service connection for COPD, an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, and onychomycosis of the feet. The VA examinations need to be supplemented with addendum opinions that address whether these conditions are related to service.
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