The Board granted service connection for bilateral toe fungus as secondary to diabetes mellitus and denied service connection for kidney dysfunction, noting the Veteran was born with only one kidney.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examiner's opinion supported granting service connection for foot fungus as secondary to diabetes mellitus, while the February 2025 VA examiner found no evidence of a current kidney disability or that the Veteran's remaining kidney dysfunction is related to his time in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral toe fungus, kidney dysfunction (claimed as removal of kidney)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25007964
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Decisions by this judge: 1,963 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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