The Board found that the reductions in ratings for rhabdomyolosis, lumbar spine and other body parts were proper.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the reduction decisions, and they complied with applicable due process laws and regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- rhabdomyolosis, lumbar spine, rhabdomyolosis, cervical spine, rhabdomyolosis, right shoulder, rhabdomyolosis, left shoulder, rhabdomyolosis, right arm, rhabdomyolosis, left arm, rhabdomyolosis, right thigh, rhabdomyolosis, left thigh, rhabdomyolosis, right calf, rhabdomyolosis, left calf, hidradenitis suppurativa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0905866
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa is rated at 10 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.,The Veteran's tension headaches do not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating as there are no characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa, a cyst condition that the Veteran first experienced during active duty in 2008. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent lay testimony and medical evidence showing current disability and continuity of symptoms since service.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding the denial of service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa, a bilateral armpit disability, in a June 2016 rating decision is dismissed due to procedural defects.
- Granted
The Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa is granted a 60 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision. The claim for TDIU has been remanded.
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