The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support the Veteran's claims of current fungal conditions of his feet being related to service, including use of communal showers. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding a nexus between any current condition and military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no in-service event where a tinea infection was present, and there is no mention of a chronic skin condition during each periodic health assessment and examination currently in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- fungus of the right foot, fungus of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1455171
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