The Veteran's actinic keratoses are rated at a 30 percent rating, effective from April 2006. The Board finds that the evidence warrants this uniform rating for the entire appeal period.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and private treatment records show visible or palpable tissue loss with three characteristics of disfigurement, which meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 7800.
- Claimed conditions
- Actinic Keratoses, Bilateral Hip Disability, Bilateral Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1126704
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