The Veteran's bilateral foot onychomycosis was not caused by any in-service injury, disease, event or disorder and the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: No competent medical provider has opined that the current bilateral foot onychomycosis is related to any in-service event, injury, disease, or disorder, or was caused or aggravated by any service-connected disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18114205
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- Dismissed
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