The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected skin disorder of the groin, finding that giving the benefit of doubt to the veteran results in his claim being substantiated.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the service-connected skin disorder is manifested by exfoliation, exudation, or itching of an exposed surface or an extensive area.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, Tinea cruris
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0207046
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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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