The Board has granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis and assigned a 10 percent disability rating effective from September 27, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's pseudofolliculitis was found to be stable with papules in the beard area, facial acne scars, no pustules, drainage or erythema. The VA examiner determined that this condition warranted a 10 percent disability rating under the revised criteria for evaluating skin disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0417354
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating claims, resulting in the dismissal of each claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, but denied increased ratings for the Veteran's foot, cervical spine, lumbosacral spine, psychiatric disorder, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pseudofolliculitis, finding that there was no current disability and no evidence of a relationship between the claimed condition and military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to a need for further development of evidence.
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