The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected fungus infection and furunculitis warrant a 30 percent evaluation, with no compensable rating for scarring.
The deciding factor: The skin disability manifested by extensive lesions without systemic or nervous manifestations warranted a higher evaluation than previously assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Fungus infection, variously diagnosed as tinea pedis, folliculitis, hidradenitis and lichen simplex, Furunculitis of the scrotum, left foot, armpits and back of the neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0000619
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