The Board has granted a higher initial rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of seborrheic dermatitis, and a 10 percent evaluation for his service-connected bilateral otitis externa. The skin condition is rated as direct service connection without any presumption or secondary theory. The ear condition requires frequent and prolonged treatment.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence shows that the veteran's service-connected seborrheic dermatitis involves the scalp, chest, ears, eyebrow areas, and right axilla with slight scaling erythema and itching under control in January 1999. His bilateral otitis externa is chronic and requires prolonged treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Seborrheic dermatitis, Bilateral otitis externa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0020546
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