The Board granted service connection for bilateral claw foot, tinea unguium, and peripheral vascular disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's conditions were proximately due to his service-connected bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral claw foot, bilateral peripheral vascular disease, bilateral tinea unguium
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25005107
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU and SMC claims for service-connected disabilities are granted, with the effective date being July 28, 2025. The TDIU is based on bilateral claw foot alone, while the SMC is due to additional disabilities rated at 60 percent or more.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral tinea pedis, bilateral xerosis, and bilateral tinea unguium as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for bilateral tinea unguium and remanded the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and bilateral flatfoot.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and service connection for bilateral peripheral vascular disease, to include as due to herbicide agent exposure and/or secondary to a service-connected disability.
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