Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disability, a bilateral foot disability, and a skin disability of the feet, to include the left first toenail, due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA examinations were found inadequate as they did not adequately account for the Veteran's lay assertions regarding pain in his feet and its impact on his functioning, or consider credible lay evidence of a rash during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral eye disability, Bilateral foot disability, Skin disability of the feet, to include a left first toenail disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100118
Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.