The veteran's service-connected recurrent systemic sebaceous cysts are currently rated at 30 percent, but the Board has determined that a higher 50 percent rating is warranted based on the extensive involvement and periodic ulceration of the skin growths.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the veteran's assertion that his skin growths are recurrent in nature and require excision. The overall involvement, including the head area as well as the chest and abdomen, coupled with periodic ulceration more nearly approximates the disability picture for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent systemic sebaceous cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0014310
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