The Board has granted a 10% rating for the veteran's chronic urticaria, finding that it meets the criteria for this evaluation based on its productive itching and involvement of exposed surfaces such as the neck, forearm, and legs.
The deciding factor: The decision found that the veteran's chronic urticaria met the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7806 (eczema) due to its productive itching and involvement of exposed areas.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0016303
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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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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic urticaria for the period prior to August 4, 2014, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted initial 10 percent ratings for chronic urticaria, stomach scar, right shin splints, left shin splints, right knee strain, and left knee strain. The claim for an initial compensable rating for esophageal stricture was denied.
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