The Board has granted service connection for alopecia areata and seborrheic keratosis as secondary to the veteran's service-connected PTSD. The effective date remains October 5, 2001.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided a nexus between the veteran's service-connected PTSD and his claimed conditions (alopecia areata and seborrheic keratosis).
- Claimed conditions
- alopecia areata, seborrheic keratosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0623932
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for seborrheic keratosis and seborrheic dermatitis for further development, specifically to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding the synergistic effect of all the Veteran's TERAs during his active-duty service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for tension headaches and a 50 percent rating for left knee strain, limitation of extension, while denying ratings in excess of 30 percent for TMJ and a compensable rating for alopecia areata. The decision also granted 20 percent ratings for left and right knee strains with limitations on flexion and extension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a skin disorder diagnosed as seborrheic keratosis, and increased the rating for ischemic heart disease (IHD) to 60 percent from June 8, 2021. Other claims were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for alopecia areata as due to the Veteran's service-connected thyroid disability, effective March 23, 2023.
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