The Board granted service connection for onychomycosis as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus Type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's onychomycosis is caused by his service-connected diabetes, with a private medical opinion supporting this link and a VA examination opining against it, but the Board finds the private opinion more probative given the theory of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25106875
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