The Board has granted a 30 percent schedular rating for the service-connected skin disorder of the head, neck, arms, hands, legs, and feet (dermatitis or eczema), finding that it meets the criteria under Diagnostic Code 7806.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows constant or near-constant itching with lesions covering 20 to 40 percent of the entire body or exposed areas, which aligns with a 30 percent rating under the former provisions of Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis or eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0916804
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