The veteran's service-connected folliculitis, posterior scalp and neck, is currently rated as 50 percent disabling due to its exceptionally repugnant nature. The condition involves a six by three inch area on the back of his neck with scarring, loss of hair, and active lesions like ulcers and pustules.
The deciding factor: The veteran's folliculitis, posterior scalp and neck, was found to be exceptionally repugnant based on its chronic skin lesion involving about a six by three square inch area on the back of his neck with central scarring, loss of hair, and peripheral active lesions like ulcers and pustules.
- Claimed conditions
- folliculitis, posterior scalp and neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0615922
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