The Board has granted a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence for the veteran's service-connected conditions from June 14, 1995 to October 30, 1995.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran required hospitalization and ongoing care due to his service-connected back injury, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and nephrolithiasis during this period, necessitating a temporary total rating for convalescence.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, low back injury, pseudofolliculitis barbae, nephrolithiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0327875
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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 an initial compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae as the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for nephrolithiasis prior to April 6, 2025, and hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and a sleep disability, claimed as sleep apnea, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as it is unclear whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are due to any incident of his period of active service.
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