The Board has determined that the Veteran's current foot rash began in service and has persisted since then, granting service connection for a skin disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a diagnosis of foot rash during the period of the claim and credible reports from the Veteran regarding continuous symptoms since his Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- foot rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1739960
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, lung disability, bilateral foot disability, stomach disability (GERD), colon disability, prostate disability, foot rash, heart disability, and hypertension.
- Partly granted
Service connection for glucose intolerance, left leg disorder, right leg disorder, foot rash, neck disorder, peripheral artery disease, GERD, and headache disorder is denied. Service connection for groin rash is granted. Increased rating for bilateral hearing loss, surgical scars, and prostatitis is denied. Initial rating of 10% for hypertension and 20% for benign prostatic hyperplasia is granted. Effective date for 20% rating for benign prostatic hyperplasia is April 14, 2023.,The Board remanded the effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for service connection for hypertension based on a theory other than presumptive under the PACT Act. The Board also remanded claims for right knee disorder, right hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to insufficient medical evidence and the need for further examination. The Veteran's claims include neck, left knee, low back, bilateral foot, foot rash, sinus/allergy, and lung disabilities.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed. The issues of service connection for a foot rash and prostate cancer are remanded.
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