The veteran's service-connected skin disability (telangiectasia) is currently rated at 10 percent. The RO has ordered a VA examination to determine the current severity of her condition and to ensure that both old and new diagnostic criteria are considered.
The deciding factor: The veteran needs an additional VA examination to properly assess the extent and severity of her service-connected skin disability, as the area affected must be identified for proper application of the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- telangiectasia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0410191
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents. The claim for other skin disabilities was remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disabilities, including his basal cell carcinoma. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on whether each diagnosed skin disability is related to service and if the current basal cell carcinoma is caused or aggravated by his service-connected chloracne.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD, bipolar disorder, depressive disorder, and other specific trauma and stressor-related disorder are granted. Service connection is also established for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right leg disability, cellulitis, telangiectasia, photoaging, sebaceous hyperplasia, actinic keratosis, and herpes. An effective date earlier than July 22, 2015 for left lower leg laceration with infection and drainage is denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current skin condition, telangiectasia, did not manifest in service or is otherwise related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
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