The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for hidradenitis suppurativa prior to August 30, 2002, and denied a rating in excess of 60 percent from August 30, 2002.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa did not meet the criteria for higher ratings due to the lack of symptomatology analogous to active lupus vulgaris or gross distortion or asymmetry of three or more features or paired sets of features of 6 or more characteristics of disfigurement of the head, face or neck or systemic manifestations including fever, weight loss, and hypoproteinemia.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis suppurativa (previously rated as recurrent cystic cellulitis), left axilla surgical scar, right axilla scars with painful limitation of motion of the right arm, post-surgical scarring of the rectum, scar, right inner thigh associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (previously rated as recurrent cystic cellulitis), right arm loss of motion associated with residuals of right axilla scars with painful limitation of motion of the right arm, bipolar disorder with psychosis and mood disorder associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (previously rated as recurrent cystic cellulitis), scar, left gluteal fold associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (previously rated as recurrent cystic cellulitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0902058
What this means for you
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