The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his service-connected onychomycosis and tinea pedis, including whether topical treatments can be considered systemic therapy.
The deciding factor: Additional records are needed to determine if the use of Triamcinolone Acetonide could also be considered systemic therapy and its duration.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis, athlete's foot (tinea pedis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20075970
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability to obtain further development, including adequate VA examinations and opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pes planus, bilateral degenerative changes of the feet, bilateral hammertoe deformity, bilateral foot ulcers, and onychomycosis as there was no evidence to support an increase in severity during active service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for onychomycosis as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus Type II.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for tinea pedis and onychomycosis, finding that the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
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