The Veteran's service connection claim for a skin rash under the breast to rib cage is denied, and her rating in excess of 10 percent for left foot bunionectomy is also denied. The Veteran's request for a compensable rating for scar status post metatarsal osteotomy/metatarsal head osteotomy is remanded, and her TDIU claim is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support the presence of a current skin rash under the breast to rib cage or left foot bunionectomy. The Veteran's service treatment records did not document any ongoing issues with these conditions post-service, and her VA examination found no current condition related to these in-service diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash under breast to rib cage, left foot bunionectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19147158
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Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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