The Board has determined that referral to the Director of VA's Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration is appropriate due to the combined impact of multiple service-connected disabilities on the Veteran's overall impairment. The case is REMANDED for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's increased rating claim for chronic onychomycosis should be referred to the Director of VA's Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration based on the collective impact of his service-connected disabilities, as per Johnson v. McDonald (2014).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1744566
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for a bilateral foot condition due to lack of evidence and need for further development, including obtaining treatment records and identifying in-service and other related conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied an extraschedular rating for chronic onychomycosis, finding no exceptional or unusual features associated with the condition that would render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.
- Denied
The Board found that referral for an extraschedular rating for chronic onychomycosis was not warranted, as the Veteran's symptoms were already contemplated by the existing schedular criteria and did not result in marked interference with employment or frequent hospitalizations.
- Denied
The Veteran's right and left foot cold injury residuals with onychomycosis are currently rated at 20 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available for these conditions. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
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