The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for loss of fingernails due to diabetes mellitus type 2, finding no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a diagnosed fingernail disability prior to death and the VA examiner found no indication of any involvement, condition, or functional impairment of the hands or fingers due to a fingernail condition.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of fingernails, onychomycosis (fungal infection of the toenails)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061584
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- Denied
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