The Board granted service connection for bilateral foot dermatophytosis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence at least in relative equipoise on the question of whether the currently diagnosed bilateral foot dermatophytosis first manifested during active service while the Veteran was deployed to the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot dermatophytosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25035300
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (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
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly PTSD, have rendered him unemployable and the Board has granted a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed for the Veteran's claims of bilateral foot condition and skin condition due to incomplete examination records and potential environmental factors.
- Partly granted
The Board has decided some of the Veteran's claims, including those for service connection and rating issues. The appeals seeking service connection for a left knee disability and bilateral ankle disabilities, as well as for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, have been withdrawn by the Veteran. The claims to reopen service connection for bilateral hearing loss and low back disability are granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the severity of his bilateral foot dermatophytosis, and for consideration of whether an extraschedular rating is warranted.
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