Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for onychomycosis due to an inadequate VA examination and medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2022 and December 2022 VA examinations were found to be inadequate as they did not address the Veteran's conceded herbicide exposure and were based solely on the absence of documentation in the medical record, which is impermissible.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25002073
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