The Board granted service connection for onychomycosis and an initial 60 percent rating for status post total knee replacement, left knee.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a theory that obesity related to the Veteran's service-connected disability served as an intermediate step to the development of onychomycosis. The functional impairment resulting from the Veteran's left knee condition has approximated chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness throughout the applicable rating period.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis (claimed as fungus, right foot and toe), status post total knee replacement, left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25014351
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