The Board denied a temporary total rating for right foot surgery due to service-connected conditions, finding that the surgery was not related to a service-connected condition and did not require at least one month of convalescence.
The deciding factor: The April 2011 right foot surgery was performed to treat a deviated 5th digit of the right foot, which is not service-connected or related to service-connected tinea pedis of the right foot. The evidence also persuasively weighs against a finding that the Veteran required at least one month of convalescence following the surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot tinea pedis, right foot hammertoe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23024525
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for service connection of various foot and shoulder conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot tinea pedis, right foot tinea pedis, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain with instability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left shoulder strain, bilateral tinnitus, generalized anxiety disorder (to include depressive disorder due to medical condition), and left foot tinea pedis. The Board also granted a 20 percent evaluation for the left shoulder strain but denied service connection for right lateral lower extremity radiculopathy and bilateral hearing loss.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left foot pes planus, right foot pes planus, left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot tinea pedis, right foot tinea pedis, and bilateral tinnitus. The claims for major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and lumbar strain were remanded.
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