The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for tinea corporis and plantar wart/calluses due to a lack of an examination to determine if these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner is asked to diagnose any skin condition, such as jock rash, and any callus or plantar warts of the feet, and opine whether it is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease including documented in-service complaints.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea corporis, plantar wart/calluses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19190406
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several other issues, including chronic kidney disease, headaches, TDIU, and DEA eligibility.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication for the claims of service connection for left foot hallux valgus and tinea versicolor, but denied the claims for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, carbuncle, cyst, and scarring secondary to tinea versicolor.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to several skin conditions and foot condition.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 9, 1996, for the grant of service connection for tinea corporis based on new and material evidence received after the initial denial in April 1997.
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