The Veteran's fungal infection of the bilateral feet is denied as there was no evidence of a skin or fungal infection during service. The psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, is also denied due to lack of in-service stressors and current evidence not meeting criteria for diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's fungal infection of the bilateral feet or any psychiatric condition was incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal infection of the bilateral feet, psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depressive disorder, and alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19186739
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Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for sleep apnea, respiratory disability, back disability, fungal infection of the bilateral feet, and acquired psychiatric disability due to insufficient evidence in the record.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected fungal infection of the bilateral feet is granted. The PTSD rating and TDIU issues are remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional evidentiary development, including a VA examination to determine if he has current skin conditions related to service and whether these conditions are at least as likely as not caused by his military service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for cold weather injury of the bilateral feet, fungal infection of the groin area, and fungal infection of the bilateral feet have been previously denied. New evidence has not raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
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