The Veteran's plantar warts disability, which covers less than 5% of his total body area with topical therapy required in the past year, does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s skin disability demonstrates lesions covering less than 5 percent of his total body area and no more than topical therapy was required in the past 12 months.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar warts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18128156
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What this means for you
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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: Granted
The Board granted increased disability ratings of 30 percent for the service-connected left and right foot disabilities from March 23, 2011 to June 2022.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for plantar warts, finding that the evidence shows a diagnosis of plantar warts in both 1970 and 2011 during service. The Board also found that the current plantar warts disability had its onset during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for his right and left foot plantar warts, finding that they did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7820.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected plantar warts are being remanded for further evaluation and to obtain additional medical records.
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