The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for non-specific folliculitis, effective from May 1978. The veteran's service-connected skin condition remains at this level.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the veteran was found to be material and sufficient to reopen his previously denied service connection claim for non-specific folliculitis.
- Claimed conditions
- non-specific folliculitis, subcutaneous left arm mass, right lower back nodule, mild folliculitis of the chest and back, pilondial cyst in the area of the low back
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0705790
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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.
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, when considered together, meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a temporary total rating due to treatment performed in May and August 2002, finding that no evidence showed he required at least one month of convalescence following surgeries for his service-connected non-specific folliculitis.
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