The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 23, 2003, for a 60 percent rating for pemphigus. The earliest date upon which it is factually ascertainable that the veteran's service-connected pemphigus met the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7815 was April 23, 2003, when he was prescribed prednisone.
The deciding factor: The earliest date upon which it is factually ascertainable that the veteran's service-connected pemphigus met the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7815 was April 23, 2003, when he was prescribed prednisone.
- Claimed conditions
- pemphigus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0710178
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