The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected dyshydrotic eczema is currently rated as 10 percent disabling and does not warrant a higher rating due to lack of constant exudation or itching, extensive lesions, or marked disfigurement.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show complaints of constant exudation or itching, extensive lesions, or marked disfigurement for the veteran's service-connected dyshydrotic eczema.
- Claimed conditions
- dyshydrotic eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0026903
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected dyshydrotic eczema is rated at 60 percent effective October 4, 2012. The Board found that the criteria for a higher rating were met under the old regulations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and considering the newly submitted evidence. The claims of increased rating for service-connected dyshydrotic eczema and TDIU will be re-adjudicated after this.
- Denied
The Veteran's skin rash was not shown to have been present during service or within the presumptive period for Agent Orange exposure. The Board found no evidence of a nexus between his current skin condition and service, including presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's skin condition, dyshydrotic eczema, is related to service and granted service connection for this disability.
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