The Veteran's service-connected multiple lipomas and sebaceous cysts have been rated at 10 percent for over a decade, but the current evidence does not support an increase in rating.
The deciding factor: The current manifestations of the skin disability do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple lipomas, sebaceous cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1202958
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for skin disorders, including basal and squamous cell carcinomas, sebaceous cysts, and pityriasis rosea, as there is no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service or herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 31, 2016, for the award of TDIU based on a finding that the Veteran detrimentally relied on misleading VA communications.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension, vertigo, multiple lipomas, chronic fatigue syndrome, and erectile dysfunction due to outstanding private treatment records and inadequate VA medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sebaceous cysts, finding no evidence of a relationship to service or any other compensable period.
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