The Veteran's toenail fungus began in service and has continued since then, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's toenail fungus began during his military service and has persisted since then, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Toenail fungus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22070131
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for toenail fungus was denied. The Board found no evidence of toenail fungus during service and insufficient medical evidence to establish a relationship between the condition and service.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for toenail fungus, finding that it did not originate in service and is not otherwise etiologically related to service. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.,For the hearing loss issue, the Board found conflicting evidence regarding whether the Veteran had a hearing disability at any point between May 21, 2013 (the date VA received his claim) and the May 2015 VA examination. The Board directed the RO to obtain another VA examination to reconcile these findings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases of GERD, toenail fungus, and TDIU due to inadequate VA examinations and the need for additional development.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for toenail fungus but remanded the issue of service connection for a low back disability other than the service-connected strain. The appeal is therefore considered 'mixed' as one issue was granted and another was remanded.
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