The Veteran's service-connected folliculitis and furunculosis of the buttocks do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The disability does not cover at least 5 percent of the entire body or exposed areas, nor require treatment such as therapeutic doses of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- folliculitis, furunculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1027486
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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