The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for ingrown toenails as secondary to his service-connected disabilities and for an increased rating for his psychiatric disability prior to December 12, 2011. The right knee issues were not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current ingrown toenails are not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, including his knee and foot conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Ingrown toenails, Psychiatric disability (chronic adjustment disorder), Right knee painful motion, Right knee lateral instability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20033131
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- Denied
The Veteran's ingrown toenail surgeries did not meet the criteria for a temporary total evaluation due to convalescence, as there was no evidence of severe postoperative residuals requiring home confinement or use of a wheelchair.
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