Throughout the appeal, the Veteran's service-connected urticaria has been manifested by no more than four recurrent episodes occurring during the past 12-month period, responding to treatment with antihistamines and topical corticosteroids, and does not require intermittent systemic immunosuppressive therapy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's urticaria did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it did not result in recurrent debilitating episodes or require continuous immunosuppressive therapy.
- Claimed conditions
- urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1616228
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