The Board has determined that the veteran's current skin condition, urticaria, is due to disease or injury in service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's chronic recurrent urticaria had its clinical onset during service and was not caused by any intercurrent injuries or diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0307975
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for urticaria, as there was no evidence that the condition required antihistamines or other first-line treatment for control during the review period.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for urticaria from July 7, 2009, as the Veteran's condition required second line treatment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a body rash to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current skin disability pre-existed his entrance to active service and, if not, whether it is related to his active service.
- Denied
The Board denied TDIU and DEA prior to June 26, 2022 but granted SMC effective April 21, 2023.
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