The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic foot fungus (tinea pedis) is granted. The claim for service connection for anxiety disorder is denied. The Veteran's increased ratings for PTSD with mood disorder due to medical condition, and his claims for service connection for sleep apnea and peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for chronic foot fungus (tinea pedis) but denied the claim for anxiety disorder as there was no current diagnosis separate from PTSD with mood disorder. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD, service connection for sleep apnea, and peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities are remanded due to inadequate opinions in the VA examination reports.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic foot fungus (tinea pedis), anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148810
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